Comparing Notes
The Undergraduate and her law-student mom ponder career choices.
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The psyche, kindergarten, more mushroom verse
12.16.10
Your Take: Stereotypes and Snap Judgments
Have you had stereotypes applied to you? Do you notice your own snap judgments? Join our reader discussion.
10.19.10
Walking a Mile in My Own Shoes
The Undergraduate comes to terms, on her own terms, with feminism.
10.19.10
“A Nation Arguing with Its Conscience”
Deliberative democracy, philosophical pragmatism, and Barack Obama’s conception of American governance
10.19.10
Black and White—and the Red, White, and Blue
As the Kuumba Singers back up President Faust at Fenway Park, a student learns more about life than she ever imagined when she came to Harvard.
10.7.10
Would You Like Sugar With That?
Notes on a summer of newsprint, headlines—and coffee
9.1.10
In the Wake of War
Father and son, lawyer and philosopher debate torture, surveillance, and presidential power
8.19.10
Paradise in the Kingdom of Plants
A summer naturalist in China
8.18.10
School-sick
Realizing you miss college after a summer abroad
8.17.10
Subtraction and Decision
The Undergraduate, halfway through the College, finds time speeding up, in academics and in life.
8.17.10
Red Bull and Swedish Fish
A Cambridge summer: growing up—and not
8.11.10
Your Take: Executive Power and the Law
Readers discuss executive power and the law; torture; and prosecution for government acts in the wake of the terror attacks. Read their opinions and share yours.
7.29.10
College, 9 to 5
An undergraduate enjoys Cambridge on a saner summer schedule.
7.12.10
Forum: On Caregiving
A scholar experiences the moral acts that come before—and go beyond—modern medicine.