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John Rosenthal
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Just for the Fun of It
I T SEEMS as if only a few short months ago I was writing a piece like this recounting my
Turning 30
S OME THINGS left over from the "Stuff I Think" file that were too short to make a full column:
Legalese
I N MY last column, I made a pejorative reference to a magazine--which may or may not exist--called Physicist's Weekly.
Money for Nothing
T HE STORY you are about to hear is true. The names haven't even been changed, because I don't know
Easy Money
I DON'T KNOW why it took me so long to realize which career will provide me with the most money
Just Say No to 65
T HEY SAY you aren't supposed to drive a new car more than 55 miles per hour in the first
The Plane Truth
S INCE I WROTE this week's column on a plane, I though it appropriate to write on planes, and, more
Play Ball
O NCE UPON a time there was a game called football. Men dressed up in funny-looking knickers and leather helmets
The Border Order
ONE MILE NORTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER, CALIF.-- A NYBODY WHO is unhappy with this country, please step forward. Then
Avoiding Bugbears, Hopefully
A FTER DINNER-TABLE discussions about the usual garbage--hockey games; the NCAA playoffs; who's better, the Mets or the Yankees; who
Down and Out in Cambridge
H ARVARD STUDENTS really have it tough. I realized this last summer when some friends and I were talking about
Multiple Choices
F RESHMEN SUBMITTED their house choices yesterday. Or rather, their "choices." For as everyone knows, the three houses that most
Whatâs Matter and What Matters
L ET ME START this week's column by noting that this is neither an "I hate the Quad" nor an
What’s Matter and What Matters
L ET ME START this week's column by noting that this is neither an "I hate the Quad" nor an
The Disinformation Exam
T HERE IS A little-known test that all professors must go through before gaining tenure at Harvard. The test is
