My first response to Project X was positive. It met the expectations set by previews and was thoroughly entertaining. During spring break’s suspension of the work and worries of college, I felt justified and satisfied in watching the crazed party. My response changed after I read about a party, inspired by Project X, in which … Read more
Bulgakov’s masterpiece, “The Master and Margarita” is a masterpiece of Russian literature, one unlike any other Russian masterpiece. Set in the mid ‘30s, it does not dwell on social corruption or existential questions. It does not have long descriptions, nor a complicated plot. It is written in a fairly simple language and can be enjoyed … Read more
My first response to Project X was positive. It met the expectations set by previews and was thoroughly entertaining. During spring break’s suspension of the work and worries of college, I felt justified and satisfied in watching the crazed party. My response changed after I read about a party, inspired by Project X, in which … Read more
Bulgakov’s masterpiece, “The Master and Margarita” is a masterpiece of Russian literature, one unlike any other Russian masterpiece. Set in the mid ‘30s, it does not dwell on social corruption or existential questions. It does not have long descriptions, nor a complicated plot. It is written in a fairly simple language and can be enjoyed … Read more
V for Vendetta is a cinematic masterpiece because it forces discomfort onto its viewers, showing them an extremity of governance that most do not want to see. I have seen the movie now several times and every time, I am rendered speechless and pensive at its end. Based on the comic book series of the same … Read more
All In: The Education of David Petraeus by Paula Broadwell is an interesting look into the career of one of America’s most celebrated military leaders, General David Petraeus. The book mainly covers Petraeus’s service in Afghanistan as the head of the International Security Assistance Force, but it sets itself apart from other straight-forward accounts on … Read more
This spring break, I read a copy of Viktor Fankl’s book Man’s Search For Meaning that I purchased from a homeless man on the street by NYU for $2. My blockmates minus one and I had taken a bus to New York for St. Patrick’s Day weekend, and in an attempt to avoid members of … Read more
V for Vendetta is a cinematic masterpiece because it forces discomfort onto its viewers, showing them an extremity of governance that most do not want to see. I have seen the movie now several times and every time, I am rendered speechless and pensive at its end. Based on the comic book series of the same … Read more
All In: The Education of David Petraeus by Paula Broadwell is an interesting look into the career of one of America’s most celebrated military leaders, General David Petraeus. The book mainly covers Petraeus’s service in Afghanistan as the head of the International Security Assistance Force, but it sets itself apart from other straight-forward accounts on … Read more
Poor Economics by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo is the manifesto of a group of developmental economists attempting to escape the tired foreign aid battles of the past. Where empirical studies have failed to provide answers on what works in poverty reduction, Banerjee and Duflo have turned to a new tool, borrowed from clinical medicine: the … Read more