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Scalia, a 1960 Harvard Law graduate, then added in a more serious tone, “If you have jeering and picketing, do you really think that that fulfills the purposes of this amendment...
This is not to say that Lewis’ work is flawless or that the theology of “Narnia” is particularly persuasive. There are serious problems in confusing the Biblical Jesus with Aslan the lion, and evil in the real world is never personified as clearly as it is in the White Witch and her coterie of demons and beasts. Lewis did not, however, write the “Chronicles” to be a finely tuned theological treatise; he wrote it as a children’s story. If one tries to read...
There are serious arguments that can be made against the sort of religion advocated by Lewis, and, if one wants to tangle with the man’s philosophy, there are plenty of better targets than “Narnia.” Yet simply dismissing the Narnia books as advocates of “a view of life” that is so “hideous and cruel” as to make mere consideration of it repulsive helps no one, and is merely evidence of closed-mindedness and bigotry—bigotry far worse than...
...Facing serious failures with Wyclef and last year’s Snoop Dogg concerts, the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) has taken much criticism and fielded questions about its competence for a good while. This weekend, however, the commission proved that, under the right conditions—and with collaboration—it can deliver on its promises. Saturday night’s Comedy for a Cause event, which was sponsored by the HCC and the Earthquake Relief Coalition (ERC) to raise funds for October’s earthquake in Pakistan, was a resounding success. Not only was the event enjoyable...
Fortunately this is not the case. West’s departure liberated, rather than doomed AAAS; its scholarship has progressed not in spite of, but precisely because of his absence. West is a virtuoso indeed—in every pursuit (film acting, political consulting, autobiographical writing, musical recording) but serious research and analysis. Far from providing the AAAS clout, West stifled its real scholastic accomplishments with the oversize presence of a top-notch showman...