“In college, you had certain career paths. There was law, medicine, that kind of thing. You didn’t get on the Lampoon in order to have a career in comedy because there were no careers in comedy.” That’s how Michael Arlen, Harvard class of 1952, described career options for himself and other past writers at the Harvard Lampoon, […]
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Money in no way alters reality. This truth seemingly eludes Harvard economist Jason Furman. Consider his assertion in the New York Times that the dollar at “multiyear lows” ultimately “could be good for the U.S. economy.” Really? How? Furman is making an argument equivalent to one suggesting a six-inch-foot would magically make us tall.
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Quick question: would you order the bombing of an enemy country? One more quick question: would you order the bombing of an enemy country populated not just by your own family members, but also the family members of every one of your colleagues? To say that the answer to the second question would vary
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Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse writes that “the nation’s top private universities remain delusional about the dozens of reasons a large and growing share of the public distrusts them.” What’s mildly funny about this is that as is the case with so many prominent conservatives, Sasse is a graduate of one of those private
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Regarding the makeup of Harvard’s student body, President Trump thinks 15 percent is a more advisable number than 25 when it comes to international students. Quite reasonably Trump’s critics, and surely many who are fans of Trump, are astounded by his conceit. How could the President effectively plan Harvard’s student body? Also, since foreign
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