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...anesthetizing of China's Me Generation sounds just like what's happening in the U.S. It seems that as long as we have our morning cup of coffee, iTunes and the latest high-tech cell phone, then all is well. These are the values we ourselves embrace and teach our children. Who cares about politics and civil rights as long as you have the best stuff? Nancy Levy, Long Beach, Calif...
...really make us more efficient or less so? Do they bind us--or isolate us, becoming screens against intimacy and contact, zoom lenses that let us operate from a safe distance so that we seem closer than we really are? One suspects that trying to cut back may only teach us how attached we've become, at least to our gizmos. Like our children, they are little miracles, whose workings we can't really understand, as they make our lives bigger in surprising ways and keep us from ever feeling like we're all alone...
...that the data can teach us, keep in mind that the nature of a ranking masks certain economic realities of a globalized world. The ability of countries to raise their citizens' standard of living is not a zero-sum game. Nearly 200 years ago, Ricardo gave a detailed lesson about comparative advantage: when two economies interact, they both can benefit even if one is more advanced across the board. That's why South Korea invests in North Korea, which is in some respects an economic black hole. At the end of the day, both can be winners...
...reinforced my opinion that public service is of the utmost importance,” says Tannenwald. “I had a lot of opportunities to talk to people from all over the country, to see how concrete some of the problems we face are.” Teach for America (TFA) is another popular route to brain gain for many Harvard graduates. Those accepted as corps members in the program teach in low-income schools for two years in an attempt to close the achievement gap of American education. This year, Harvard applications to TFA have increased 100 percent...
...Hall staff to admit Dershowitz if he arrived. But Dershowitz told The Crimson last night that he decided not to attend the meeting since he said he had been informed that he would not be permitted to voice his opinions. “I’m allowed to teach undergraduates, but apparently I’m not allowed to speak at Faculty meetings,” he said. Contacted for comment after the meeting, Classics Professor Richard F. Thomas said that voices in support of Matory may have been stifled, as well. “I think the motion...