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Garrett G.D. Nelson

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Point/Counterpoint: Striking the Right Note

The Mainstream Choice: ’Cause You Asked for It, ’Cause You Need One I’ll admit it—before Yardfest 2009 began to mater


Beyond Service

At our new president’s behest, we have become a “service nation.” At least this appears to be the case from


Annotations: Valentine's Day

A Season for Spending Ah, Valentine’s Day. A day of love for some, bitterness for others, and little note to


Taxes and Duties of the Private University

This piece ran as part of our focus on Harvard's endowment. Last June, University President Drew G. Faust rose in


Greater Metropolitanism

In an article written just before the election, Alec McGinnis noted in the Washington Post that, in addition to being


Vox Barbara

In October of 2006, the New York Times reported that the millions of free newspapers distributed to subway passengers were


Nothing’s Easy

“Rethink,” begged the large type on the official Harvard posters advertising sustainability events last week. The implication of this slogan


Postering in the Ethnographic Gaze

Early last Monday morning, I offered to help a student group I belong to with a round of postering in


Et in Arcadia Ego

As I suspiciously nosed my rented Corolla over the one-lane, open-grate bridge that crosses the Redbank River in Climax, Pennsylvania,