Word: soapbox
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...public, those are few. In talking to people at Harvard, it’s not hard to find someone who’s had a personal experience with Larry that they found bruising. So it’s not these exceptional moments where he decides to get on the soapbox or something. His whole intellectual method, which to him is simply designed to drive towards an ever more rigorous truth, strikes other people as being designed to undermine their credibility...
...arguably the greatest transformation on the World Wide Web has not taken place in the realm of academics or computer technology, but in college athletics. Today, amateurs are finally catching up to the 21st century by making personal websites, assuring themselves of a 24-hour soapbox with which to communicate with fans, sell merchandise, and make me feel better about myself by making egregious spelling errors...
...think I’ll step off the soapbox now and continue with the rest of my column...
...Editorial Page. Bitingly sardonic and bereft of thoughtful reasoning, the Herald’s editorial page is where inane arguments go to die. I give the opinion page some leeway since it’s the one spot where pontification is to be expected. But the soapbox shouldn’t be an invitation for the patently ridiculous. A post-election political cartoon featured an obese Ted Kennedy asking an equally rotund Michael Moore “Are we twins?” while a caricatured Jesse Jackson goes off on a nonsensical diatribe/rap about black oppression...
...student about the Harvard Corporation and you’ll get one of two responses. Said student may act bewildered and confused. Alternatively, she migh hop on the nearest soapbox and rant. What does the Corporation actually...