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...University Professor, occupied the most selective rank of tenured professorship. Summers, according to West, instructed West to change his writings, discontinue his support of certain political candidates, and make regular compliance reports to Summers. When West complained, Summers reportedly made unsubstantiated insinuations about West??s personal life at a New York Times editorial board meeting, according to Richard Bradley’s “Harvard Rules.” Why didn’t Summers attack any of a half-dozen other Harvard professors who published in similar venues and who, unlike West, had published intellectually unsound...
...editors: I read Lucy Caldwell’s comment “Goodness Gracious” (Apr. 17) and thought immediately of Mae West??s riposte that “goodness had nothing to do with it.” If Caldwell feels that Christianity is dismissed at Harvard, she might take note of who have become its most visible advocates: Fred Phelps, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Ralph Reed. None are known for promoting Christ’s messages of love, tolerance, and generosity. Care for the poor, the sick, the sinner, and the prisoner...
...which is filmed entirely from the perspective of a literal rolling stone, hisrecent Conan O’Brien is a floating head media meditation version of the White Stripes’ “Denial Twist” or his Macy’s as surreal playland take on West??s “Heard ‘em Say.” Bottom Line: “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party” is entertaining, thought provoking, fun, funny and interesting. It’s too bad is doesn’t last longer...
...Hayek’s fan base has changed dramatically. She has been nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award (for 2002 film “Frida”) and has established herself as both a mainstream bankable star (with films such as “Wild Wild West?? and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico”) and a director to be reckoned with (she won an Emmy for directing the Showtime movie “The Maldonado Miracle”). In fact, in 2004, Hayek ended the year as Hollywood’s highest...
...rare opportunity to disassociate themselves in the eyes of the international community from the ceaseless violence of their Sunni counterparts. One of the key revelations of the Muslim world’s reaction to the cartoon scandal was that many in the Muslim community are deeply frustrated by the West??s perception of the religion and its followers as a source of violent behavior. The recent Sunni bombings in Iraq, then, provide a crucial opportunity for peaceful Muslim’s to promote sympathy with their cause through a vocal, harsh censure of the violent minority that exists...