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...liberal arts education, which Harvard purports to offer, is that graduates are supposed to be informed on a broad range of subjects. Right now, it seems that Harvard is too concerned with churning out, say, budding economists, rather than producing thoughtful, well-rounded young men and women. The vast majority of Harvard students who choose to leave academics after their four years in college will be infinitely better served by a couple more opportunities for intellectual exploration (perhaps leading to a more satisfying choice of concentration) rather than being forced to take an extra couple of esoteric classes in their...
...Iraq was a country utterly ruined by Saddam Hussein. Paul Bremer has had to rebuild it from the ground up. He has been making dozens of decisions every day, the vast majority of them successful: the economy is reviving, tens of thousands of Iraqis have returned from exile, oil production is near prewar capacity, the country is rebuilding. Did we make any mistakes? Of course we did. The most egregious being not giving enough protection to the pro-Western Ayatullah Abdul-Majid al-Khoei, who was murdered, most likely by followers of the now notorious Muqtada al-Sadr...
Despite widespread claims that new editions come out every other year, the vast majority of textbooks are updated on a three-year cycle. Certainly some exceptions are seen, but that is typically to inspire competition within the textbook market. If professors can have a choice of several books that are all the latest revision, hopefully, students will benefit by having the professor choose the best book among many...
...student life. The answer lies somewhere in the middle. I believe that we can learn as much from our peers—from their particular circumstances in life—as we can learn from any textbook. Conversely, we should voluntarily feel like contributing our circumstances to the vast library that is the student community. And a failure to do so should be taken personally...
...potential costs of leaving Iraq sooner rather than later, in uncertain circumstances, are great--instability and even civil war in Iraq, a vast loss of prestige and influence in the Arab world, encouragement to terrorists, and a serious decline in our unrivaled political ability to use force. But these must be matched against the costs of staying, a debate which is all too little done in public. If the worst does persist and the Administration wants to stay the course, the President must come forth and candidly tell the public not only the costs of leaving but also those...