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...There won't be] irrational annual swings in numbers that many programs used to suffer from," he says...
Harvard social politics also function in such a way that there exists a fine, almost indistinguishable line between the Good Guys and the Martyrs. The easiest way to attain Good Guy status at Harvard is to suffer some egregious affront--oftentimes in the form of a failed election attempt or an unfulfilled goal. As such, we fill our void of Good Guys with an overflowing reserve of Martyrs. Martyrs, after all, are safe to praise. They pose no threat to our own ambition, we can safely embrace them with compassion and bemoan the injustices that have been committed against them...
...aspires to make us all like Harry Bailey and Sam Wainwright--or even, God help us, like Mr. Potter, the wealthy, grasping banker of Bedford Falls. And no one here, no gov jock or pre-med or final club frequenter wants to be George Bailey. No one wants to suffer and sweat and barely scrape by, to give up youthful potential in favor of adult burdens, to sacrifice dreams on the altar of necessity. No one wants to be at the end of their rope on Christmas Eve, staring down into dark water and needing a little bit of divine...
...saddened and disappointed to read your article "The Crisis in Foster Care" [SOCIETY, Nov. 13]. Rather than providing a balanced view with suggestions for solutions to an extraordinary social-policy issue, you sensationalized the subject. Many children continue to suffer abuse in their own and foster homes, often because people who are aware of this mistreatment do not report it to appropriate government authorities. Why not remind all of us of our moral and legal obligations and the ways and means to fulfill them? Without intervention, abuse and neglect of a child often escalate over time. There is also...
...thinking about the Middle East leads to a dangerous lack of empathy for particular groups in the Arab world. Over the last few weeks, I have heard people blame the Palestinians for the Israeli crackdown, saying that Palestinian protesters are the ones throwing the rocks, so they should suffer the consequences. Consequences maybe, but what kind of consequences? How far can a nation go in putting down an uprising...