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Yet blowsy as it is, this biography of the great American humorist has some appeal. Begun as an undergraduate thesis in 1948, it has been the avocation of a lifetime for Kinney, who is a free-lance writer. His children, now grown and gone, have lived with it all their...
John Updike's latest novel (Knopf; 491 pages; $25.95) covers a whopping 80 years and four generations of a single American family. In his mid-60s, Updike has set off on what is, for his career, the equivalent of an experimental novel. Updike uses overarching themes to bind up the...
Housemates and friends of Piedrahita sang "Wanting Memories" by Sweet Honey in the Rock. Participants, including Piedrahita's thesis advisor Professor Martin Weitzman, the stepped to an open microphone to recall their own memories of him.
For seniors, the new year is a reminder that our days as Harvard undergraduates are rapidly coming to a close. The first semester of senior year slipped by unnoticed while we struggled beneath mounds of applications for fellowships, graduate school, or (the horror! the horror!) gainful employment. Between labs and...
Gingrich, however, believes the spirit of private charity will help the neediest cases when the government reduces welfare spending. He buttresses this tenet by borrowing heavily from the work of Marvin Olasky, a professor of journalism at the University of Texas and the editor of a Christian weekly newsmagazine. Olasky...