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However, in times like these, idealism must be tempered with political realism. Despite its imperfections, the bill represents the best possible product given the political climate of the time. With Mass. Senator Scott Brown’s game-changing election stripping Democrats of their supermajority in the Senate, party leaders acted wisely in compromising on secondary issues to achieve primary goals. For instance, although ideally the legislation would not include restrictions on federal funding for abortion, striking a deal proved necessary in order to gain the votes of pro-life Democrats, given the political circumstances. Leaders like Pelosi...
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...McAuley ends his essay with a discussion of a quotation from F. Scott Fitzgerald about the rich: “They are very different from you and me.” I will bring my own letter to a conclusion with a line from Hemingway written in response to the very one that McAuley quotes: “Yes, they have more money...
McAuley’s proposal would reify class divisions and obliterate any chance of cross-class interaction. Dismissing the entire issue with a misreading of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a relegation of the “rich” to impenetrable unknowability, is recipe for disaster. Difference exists, but in situations in which its danger can be minimized without any costs—like adhering to social norms of modesty—there is no excuse to perpetuate it. Not even out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness...
...with a group of approximately 20 Business School students to discuss their concerns, which ranged from improving inter-school coordination—specifically difficulties in cross-registering for courses at the University’s other graduate schools—to expanding international academic opportunities, according to M. Scott Daubin, Harvard Business School Student Association co-president...