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MIT Day of Action
There are strong stirrings on campus; people leaving their labs and engaging in the wider world and taking a stance–students, faculty and staff. Spurred by concerns about the environment, the…
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What We Remember
This Memorial Day, I sat and listened to a reflection on what it means to be remember our war dead today, when our nation seems to be constantly at…
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Slaying the Ram
In his “Parable of the Old Man and the Young,” Wilfred Owen retells the story of Abraham’s near sacrifice of his son Isaac. Abraham stretched forth his knife, and…
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Iran and the United States: Eternal Enemies or Natural Partners?
For many of us, our impressions of Iran may be muddied, even vague. Iran was once a strong ally of the US. In 1962, President Kennedy warmly welcomed the…