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...that they led us into Iraq because they are altruistic and idealistic lovers of democracy, and not because they were trying to secure Iraq's considerable oil supplies for our continuing fossil-fuel gluttony. They appear to have persuaded Isaacson, however, because his column did not even mention the subject of Iraq's oil. Nevertheless, they will have a harder time convincing many other Americans. Cary Dictor San Leandro, California, U.S. Without Apology Columnist Michael Kinsley argued that the neoconservative policy hawks should apologize for getting the U.S. into the Iraq war [Nov. 20]. I, however, have no intention...
...neoconservatives would like the American people to believe that they led us into Iraq because they are idealistic lovers of democracy, and not because they were trying to secure Iraq's considerable oil supplies. They appear to have persuaded Isaacson, however, because his column did not even mention the subject of Iraq's oil. Nevertheless, they will have a harder time convincing many other Americans...
...this momentous event came about is the subject of Margaret MacMillan's fascinating book Seize the Hour: When Nixon Met Mao. She begins with the historic encounter itself-a meeting on Feb. 21, 1972, that the American delegation was not sure would actually take place. Yet as Nixon was going over his briefing books and practicing how to use chopsticks en route to Beijing, the seriously ill Mao was getting his first shave and haircut in months. As soon as Air Force One landed and Nixon greeted Premier Zhou Enlai with a prolonged handshake, Mao ordered Zhou to bring...
...director of the Office for Research Subject Protection, Carolyn M. Connelly, explained by e-mail that the IRB chair at Harvard always asks members with “real or perceived” conflicts to excuse themselves during voting procedures...
More than a year before Iowa and New Hampshire Republicans vote on their 2008 presidential pick, Governor Mitt Romney has already won the Ec 10 primary. N. Gregory Mankiw, the Beren professor of economics who heads Harvard’s introductory course on the subject, has joined Romney’s Commonwealth Political Action Committee, which is likely to serve as a launchpad for the outgoing governor’s White House...