tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438222975913037031.post6509577490628298696..comments2024-03-27T02:16:08.906-07:00Comments on The Naked Dollar: Harvard - Life Inside the CocoonScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02142855830798306100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438222975913037031.post-40728312868433049082013-11-22T10:26:35.202-08:002013-11-22T10:26:35.202-08:00Too bad Larry Summers drove Cornel West away to Pr...Too bad Larry Summers drove Cornel West away to Princeton for spending too much time on his rap album, because it might have been fun to also check out a class on rap while you were up here last week. Go Bulldogs, Beat Harvard!<br />Ralph Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063736018763711087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438222975913037031.post-23258392874710163512013-11-18T15:41:25.024-08:002013-11-18T15:41:25.024-08:00Having just spent three days at Harvard myself, I ...Having just spent three days at Harvard myself, I can testify that the place is even more beguiling than it was forty years ago, when I was a student. It is also toxic, which is why I politely deflect the Harvard fund-raising machine when it comes after me. ("We don't need your money, but we want it.") Think of the Harvard faculty in recent years who have influence on politics and culture: Larry Summers, Elizabeth Warren, Cornell West, Stephen Pincker ... plus the fact that the Kennedy School of Government is basically a think tank for the left wing of the Democratic Party.George Sim Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06118646718241361980noreply@blogger.com