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...Rushdie asked. “Where is the Kwanzaa of the atheist? Surely we can make one up.” Rushdie followed his speech with a reading from his latest novel “Shalimar the Clown.” Other conference speakers included Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor and Nobel Laureate of Economics; E.O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus; and Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology. “In my case, I study the human mind. The brain is shaped by natural selection. I still feel there is a place for meaning and some purpose...

Author: By Arianna Markel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Humanist Forum Hosts Rushdie | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

...Sen. John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry, speaking at the First Parish Church on Saturday, condemned the environmental policy of the Bush administration and urged citizens to exert political pressure on their representatives. “Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing like defeat to concentrate the mind of a politician,” Kerry said. Kerry and Heinz Kerry spoke at the event, organized by the Harvard Book Store, to promote their new book, “This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Enviromentalists and their Vision for the Future...

Author: By David K. Hausman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kerry Urges Eco-Awareness | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

...next election. This is an historic choice, with ramifications for Americans not even born yet. Let's put aside for a moment the small politics of the day. The judgment of history should be the approval we seek, not the temporary favor of the latest public opinion poll." Sen. John McCain (R-Az.), speaking at the Virginia Military Institute, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doing the Unpopular Thing | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

...that is what quietly unfolded when former Sen. Sam Nunn, the Georgia Democrat, recently appeared for just over an hour before the Senate Armed Services subcommittee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nuclear Nightmare | 4/21/2007 | See Source »

...Utah—a state that is 60 percent Mormon and not usually considered a top source of political dollars.” This reference is striking because of the lack of any comparable identifiers for other candidates and donors. Not mentioned, for example, is the fact that both Sen. Barak H. Obama and his donor Kirkland and Elliis Professor of Law David B. Wilkins ’77 are black, and blacks are not usually a top source of political dollars. If many of the Clinton contributors were Jewish, would The Crimson be sure to state that fact? News...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis | Title: Talking About Elections, Identifiers Must Be Qualified | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

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