Op Eds
Leaving America Better
Americans of all generations have a compact with each other, a uniquely American compact, renewed and reaffirmed since the founding of our country: Each generation leaves a better nation for the one to follow.
You Can Take It With You
Let’s take our memories, but let’s take more than that. Let’s take our friends. Let’s take our skills.
The Graduation Plot
The diploma I will receive today, however wonderful it may be, is in no way indicative of what I have accomplished in my four years here, of my victories in the war against my own biology.
What Is the Harvard Bubble?
The Harvard experience might be more sheltered, in its own way here in Cambridge, than living in the heart of a big city or going to work everyday. But maybe one of the strengths of such a mega-bubble as Harvard’s is to reveal itself more obviously to those encased within it.
An Open Letter to the Kennedy School Faculty
The issue, and the point of this Open Letter to the Kennedy School faculty, is that adherence to the standards of the graduate school’s official Handbook needs to be enforced more rigorously in the approval of dissertations.
Old Government in a New World and Why its Failing
Times have changed. Our government hasn’t. New Republicans believe we can fix that and, in so doing, make America young again.
No “I” in SWUG
Why are college students so wary of serious relationships, and so critical of those who date seriously?
Learning From Difference
I do hope that during their time here Harvard students will have caught a glimpse of the road that we should be following.
Statistical Thinking for Success in Life and Career
Statistical thinking helps one’s success in life and career by quantifying uncertainty using probability.
Reflections, 25 Years Hence
It is 2038. The Harvard College Class of 2013 is about to reconvene for its 25th alumni reunion. What will its members find?
Face to Face
But I’m equally sure that the live, in-person, learning process isn’t going away. It will simply co-evolve with other means of communication, just as cities are also co-evolving with the internet.
Go After The Dream
I congratulate you today on receiving one of the most hard-earned and prestigious degrees in our American higher education system.
Mind Your Change
You’re part of Generation I. You’re wired—that is, wireless—you post, text, IM, you have the world at your touchscreen, you experience it in gigabytes and nanoseconds.
On Harvard Time
However, in my four years at Harvard, I have considered other understandings of Harvard Time, beyond the being-seven-minutes-late-to-everything variety.
