Tag Archive 'Harvard'

Talking with Jesse Kornbluth again, this time about whether Harvard grads get a free pass

on May 08 2011 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Education

Jesse Kornbluth was again good enough to visit my post commenting upon his article lauding Andrew Sullivan as a blogger amongst bloggers.  If I was a guy, and he and I had met in person, I would have slapped up on the back with a cheery “Hey, Jesse man, great to see you again.”  I’ve [...]

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Harvard Magazine and the Left’s Andrew Sullivan love affair

on Apr 26 2011 | Filed under: Education, Liberal blogs, Media matters

Speaking of Harvard, I just got a gander at Harvard Magazine, which has a smugly grinning Andrew Sullivan on the cover, as the exemplar of “The New Media.”  I thought the article would be about bloggers generally, but the table of contents tells me I’m wrong:  “World’s Best Blogger?” it asks.  It then explains that [...]

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Iowahawk on the Harvard factor

on May 14 2010 | Filed under: Education

The language is blue, but don’t let that stop you.  Read it.  Read it all. My favorite line, incidentally, is this one: Despite her underprivileged background Professor Kagan rose to the challenge and graduated magna cum laude, an honor reserved for the top 89% of Harvard Law alumni. Right there is one of the dirty [...]

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The perils of an affirmative action president *UPDATED*

on Nov 17 2009 | Filed under: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Education

Jennifer Rubin has a very good post today about the reasons that the “smart” Obama may be struggling so mightily to be a good president.  She offers three basic reasons that may explain Obama’s ineptitude, whether it touches economics, diplomacy, or national security: First, the punditocracy confused credentials with knowledge or smarts. [snip] Second, even [...]

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