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...alma mater that reached old-time Harvard alums this year was, in all likelihood, the treatment students accorded Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger '38 at his Sanders Theatre appearance in the fall. It certainly wasn't good news from their perspective, reports of the heckling and efforts to shout down Weinberger touched the rawest fears of campus disorder inspired by the experience of the 1960s...
When members of an audience believe that an argument must be refuted, the proper action is not to seek to bar the speaker's presence at the university, nor to shout him or her down, any more than it is to storm the library and burn or deface offending books. The proper response is to hear the speaker out, no matter how odious or tedious the arguments may be. Opposition to the speaker's views can be expressed through picketing and pamphleting before the speech; through question and argument from the floor, when that is invited; through subsequent debate, perhaps...
...women. It is impossible to gauge exactly to what degree viewer appetite is being served, as opposed to how much is being created, but the sudden torrent of praise for older women brings to mind a statement by the late Flannery O'Connor. "To the hard of hearing, you shout and for the almost blind you draw large and startling figures...
...worry about the great Washington shout-out over how the U.S. should stand tall in the world is that we could soon produce a feckless breed of political leaders who would spend their time debating how best to do nothing...
...when I come out I'm gonna stand on these gorgeous gams and shout, "Screw...