Saving Israel with Secularism
Israel is growing more religious, threatening its very cultural foundations.
Articles By: Joshua Lipson 
Joshua Lipson is the Staff Director for the Harvard Political Review. An avid follower of international politics and foreign policy, he blogs about Middle Eastern affairs, with a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He hails from New Jersey, but traces his roots back to the desert hinterland of ancient Canaan. A self-described technocrat, Josh balks at conventional political labels - looking to science rather than philosophy as the inspiration for his opinions. As a sophomore at Harvard College, he is currently studying Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Mind, Brain, and Behavior. Politics aside, Josh enjoys sailing, poetry, world music, and fine scotch whiskey. He speaks Hebrew and Spanish, and plays a killer game of Bananagrams.
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Ron Paul's unique and genuinely interesting candidacy deserves all the sympathy it can get from both sides of the aisle – especially during a primary season light on dissent, ideological diversity, and intellectual rigor.
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We should applaud Qaddafi’s death at the hands of NTC fighters. That said, the end of Qaddafi does not justify the Obama administration’s foolhardy intervention in Libya.
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Josh Lipson challenges the Columbus Day Vigil in Harvard Yard.
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Of “A Gay Girl in Damascus” and the Real New Media
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