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Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer once wrote, “To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.” After my life in the South and my education here at Harvard, I think he has the first part backward...
...Timbuktu,” or perhaps even less—it’s a city that one vaguely remembers hearing about but doesn’t remember in what context. Although I accept jokes at the expense of my being from the uncivilized terrain of the South with a patient smile, I find it a bit frustrating that brilliant Harvard students can be so ignorant about the region. How is it that students who can spew out detailed histories of Shanghai or Cairo can look at me confusedly when I point out that the 1996 Olympics were in Georgia...
Perhaps a class on the South might help address Harvard students’ ignorance and help us in our quest to make General Education requirements more relevant; courses like “Southern Literature and Culture in the United States” seeking to illuminate this heart of darkness do exist, but they are rare. Alternatively, the Office of Career Services could encourage students to explore a broader range of job opportunities in economically vibrant areas of the South that remain relatively unexplored here. Or the dining halls could replace Nestea with real, brewed, Southern-style iced tea. There...
Once back on Don Det, head over to Mr. Vong's, on the island's south, and dine on the local specialty of mok pa - minced fish, steamed in banana leaves with the addition of glutinous rice and coconut milk, giving it a very soft consistency. The island's limited electricity supply - lights go out by 11 p.m. at the latest - puts curbs on nightlife. But you could always take a few bottles of Beer Lao back to your cabin and enjoy them by candlelight while the waves roll...
...trace the call. Minutes later, the world's most violent and notorious drug lord was gunned down on a Medellín rooftop. Fearing for their lives, Escobar's wife, son and daughter sought safety in exile, but most nations shut their doors. After stopovers in Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, South Africa and Mozambique - a whirlwind on par with the deposed Shah of Iran's desperate 1979 world tour - the widow and her children finally entered Argentina as tourists on Christmas Eve 1994. They've lived relatively quiet lives in Buenos Aires ever since...