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...With biting references to the divine mission originally articulated by Harvard’s Puritan forefathers, their putatively misguided attempt to search for “truth” rather than “truths??—as well as the presumption of James Conant, who presided over Harvard in the mid 1900s, to address his letter to his 21st-century successor as “My dear Sir”—Faust appeared to discard the tradition of the university’s founders as unfit according to current standards...
...eminent liberal journalist Murray Thwaite, whose overweening intelligence and charisma keep her in the thrall of an Electra-like adulation of her father. Since her graduation from Brown, she has been wallowing in an abortive effort to finish her book on “how complex and profound cultural truths??our mores entire—could be derived from” the evolution of children’s fashion. The project—like its author—is silly and self-indulgent, a perfect example of the frivolity of the intellectual class. In the mean time, Marina...
...networks’ cacophony of talking heads is an apt reflection of reality.But, as both the appeal of LeRoy’s authenticity and the subsequent outrage indicate, we’re in denial about this reality. Instead of accepting that people can have different conclusions—truths??about the world, we want to deride our opponents—those who say “Bush lied” or those who supported the invasion of Iraq—as villains, liars and scoundrels. It is not simply a matter of acknowledging that there are two opinions...
...agnostics thrown in.Alex N. Harris ‘08, vice president of HSS, estimates that the group consists of “about 60% atheistic Jews and 40% Catholics who’ve changed their ways.” Harris, who falls into the former category, emphasizes that empirical truths??like the first law of thermodynamics—are the source of his atheism.“Belief is not a matter of choice, it’s simply what one takes to be true,” he says. “[Atheism] allows you to choose...
...than political scientists, and political scientists are smarter than sociologists?” Ellison told the Globe.CLASH OF ADMINISTRATORSIn a statement provided to The Globe and The Crimson, Ellison said his decision to step down was prompted by what he said were Summers’ broken promises and half-truths??all reflected in conflict over Summers’ proposal to transfer authority of a new life sciences Ph.D. degree program to the provost, he said. The dean of GSAS has traditionally been responsible for such programs.At a 2004 meeting, Summers justified his proposal by saying...