Search
Where We Went Wrong
… More than 60 years ago, just past the midpoint of the twentieth century, Warburg professor of … confused response to the Great Depression; of the rise of fascism in the interwar period (he dismisses the …
Issue: November-December 2022
Off the Shelf
… In the Blood, by Charles Barber ’85 (Grand Central, $29). … Barber, a riveting storyteller, recounts the invention of a revolutionary way to prevent traumatic death from … or even neglect from its Habsburg rulers in Vienna,” giving rise to a “restless underlying resentment and a skittering …
Issue: July-August 2023
The Sorry State of Harvard Football
… an intensive national gridiron recruiting campaign in the late 1930s, and by the end of 1950 the Tigers ranked seventh in the country," writes … The columnist counseled [President James B.] Conant to skim off the top of Harvard's athletic endowment and tell Bingham …
Issue: September-October 2001
Bioterrorism and the University
… There can be few higher privileges for the scientific … than to contribute to the security, freedom, and well-being of our nation and of people around the world. It is … with ordinary catalog items, like fermentors and milling machines, which are legitimately used to produce chemicals, …
Issue: November-December 2003
The Half-life of Robin and Kim
… policemen, and mailmen sound like cultural relics from the 1950s next to the no-nonsense firefighters, police officers, and mail carriers who people our streets today. … first names, which rank among the most important markers of gender? Have androgynous names multiplied along with …
“A Category of One”
… Edward Gorey ’50 might have hated Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey , a new dramaturgical take … poignant darknesses, and unexpected delights as one of Gorey’s own works. But to the extent that an audience …
Off the Shelf
… The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved, by Robbins Burling, … $29.95 ). A persuasive, urbane, and gin-clear account of how language came to be, and how it affects the way we … ). This is America: with talent and industry, anyone can rise from messenger boy to tycoon, just as Andrew Carnegie …
Issue: January-February 2006
Ball of Mystery
… The United Fruit Company planted huge quantities of bananas … the underbrush numerous stone balls. The original purpose of the balls--and more than 300 of them exist, from a few …
The Moral Limits of Markets
… In introducing the luncheon speaker, William Kirby joked that when Chinese … differences in history and culture, said Sandel, Bass professor of government , both the United States and the People’s …
Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year
… The Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) presented its 2022 Woman and Man of the Year awards to Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman on … on tour together. During the Pudding’s traditional roast of the honored guest, members touched upon Bateman’s start …
“Little Shards of Dissonance”
… At some point , while preparing for the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Davóne Tines ’09 and … town’s soaring concert hall, its entire back wall made of glass. Out that window they could see people partying on … which builds on gospel idioms. The Clown’s declaration—“Rise from the bottom,/Out of the slime!/Look at the stars …
Issue: September-October 2018
Morning Prayers 2017: "The Arteries of a Just Society"
… The first day of fall classes was damp and overcast. On the lawn in front of Memorial Church, the folding chairs from Tuesday’s …
The Baccalaureate, and a Multitude of Distinct Graduations 2021
… Harvard graduation ceremonies have proliferated. Although the main University event this week is the “Honoring the Harvard Class of 2021” program substituting for the full-dress Morning … celebrations and the Baccalaureate follows. “Proud of My Whole Self”: The First-Generation/Next Gen Celebration …
Tastes of the Town Dining Guide
… THE ATRIUM DINING ROOM AT THE INN AT HARVARD, 1201 … dinner every day. Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m. CAFE OF INDIA, 52 A Brattle Street, Cambridge, (617) 661-0683. … 495-5758. Enjoy elegant décor and the eclectic cuisine of chef K.C. O'Hara. A la carte and prix-fixe menus. …
Saving the News—and Democracy
… How has the rise of the Internet and the decline of traditional … affected in the United States. Another trend is the rise of the digital platforms and the degree to which they …