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...felt immediately after the piece was printed, I began to wonder how so many of us have become conditioned to withhold our opinions when it comes to issues that affect Harvard. Indeed, as I stopped to think about it, I realized that nearly all of us have been silent for years on issues that go to the heart of the University. It’s a reticence that stands in stark contrast to how we act when expressing our views on politics or society, and it’s one that affects professors just as much as students...
...wrote a book sharing his opinions on Harvard’s direction as a university—he tellingly titled it, “Excellence Without a Soul.”) These voices, though, seem few are far between, despite the fact that there is little reason to stay silent. The University is not run by a bunch of ayatollahs, as the uneventfullness of my brief foray into public tactlessness seems to show...
...next time I read an overly shrill statement given in support of one of their campaigns, I’ll at least respect the fact that they’re expressing an opinion in an effort to make Harvard a better place. It’s their silent opponents who are doing Harvard the disservice...
...mention completely overshadow its successes. With the torture scandal sucking up all the oxygen, who today remembers that it was the CIA in the months before 9/11 that was jumping up and down on the table warning that bin Laden was about to attack us? (Read "The CIA's Silent War in Pakistan...
...Some of my technology shortcomings arise no doubt due to the date of my birth. When I went to college I was outfitted with a state-of-the-art Smith Corona Silent Super typewriter. It was light green and came in a hard tan carrying case. I would never have thought to call it a manual typewriter because, of course, all typewriters were manual, right? Thus when I took a typing test for my first job and was confronted with a typewriter where all of the keys were stuck, it took a stunned HR person to introduce...