Unleashed Comment: Harvard blinded by zeros

Martin G. Romualdez, speaker of the Filipino House of Representatives and nephew of ex-Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has committed $2 million to endow a Harvard chair. Blood money pure & simple

The following commentary was first published in The Manila Times.

By David A. Andelman and Robert I. Rotberg

HARVARD has again been blinded by a number followed by seven zeros.

As The Harvard Crimson reported on September 14, "Martin G. Romualdez, the speaker of the Filipino House of Representatives and a nephew of the former Filipino dictator Ferdinand Ma…