Michael W. Hirschorn
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The Life of Brian
T WENTY-TWO YEARS AGO, in a small house-hospital in the tiny town of Silver Creek, N.Y., 30 miles southwest of
The Cult of Mediocrity
L AST WEEK'S New Republic launched a powerful bazooka blast at the heart of Brown University's educational system; the article
Remembering Their Harvard Experience
A large body, clad in bullet belt and spiky hair came flying over my head. I ducked, but too late.
Poor Form
Nine and a Half Weeks Directed by Adrian Lyne At the USA Charles 9 1/2 WEEKS --how shall I call
The Crimson's Hubris
W HEN FRENCH playwright Jean Genet wrote The Balcony he noted that the best way to portray true good in
Opportunity Knocks for Dems
I TEM: AS THE Reagan Administration's "constructive engagement" policy continues to crumble, conservatives are now scrambling to find a way
An Elementary Holmes
S pielberg went to outer space. Spielberg went to Egypt. Spielberg went to suburbia. Now, drunk with success and hubris,
Cheap Thrills
I T IS A CHEAP thrill, but a thrill nonetheless, to watch conservatives flail about on the issue of U.S.-South
Prof Took 2nd CIA Grant
A Harvard professor who says he accepted a $50,000 Central Intelligence Agency grant without informing the University, as rules require,
An Insider's Election?
T WO DECADES AGO, when Teddy White was still more than a Jap-and gay-baiting retrograde, his campaign books constituted a