Articles By: Sarah Siskind Sarah Siskind
Sarah Siskind '14 is the humor editor and staff writer for the Harvard Political Review. She contributes a libertarian perspective to mostly domestic political issues. She is also a correspondent for On Harvard Time, Harvard's comedy news show, and draws political cartoons for the Crimson. As an undergraduate studying government, she currently she works as a videographer at Harvard University Media and Technology services. Along with running, tennis, and backpacking, she enjoys cinematography, figure drawing, and sketch comedy.

Sarah Siskind / March 26, 2012 7:26 pm

The Truly Persecuted Harvard Minority

Paternalistic Harvard administrators consider the extension of the smoking ban on campus, making it much more difficult for some students to smoke.

Sarah Siskind / March 25, 2012 9:05 pm

Noam Chomsky on the Decline of America

Sarah Siskind / December 18, 2011 2:17 pm

A Rejected Letter to the Editor of the Crimson

The authors of a recent Op-Ed are unfit for academic impartiality and are poisoning the purity of our discourse.

Sarah Siskind / November 10, 2011 10:15 am

An Eye on Occupy Harvard

A journalist's account of Occupy Harvard

Benjamin Zhou, Sarah Siskind, Corinne Curcie, and Daniel Backman / October 18, 2011 7:24 pm

Live Blog: Barney Frank Discusses Drug Policy Reform

The HPR's live coverage of Barney Frank's address at Harvard Law School.

Sarah Siskind / August 20, 2011 12:00 am

The Business of Education

The problems with subsidizing the supplier

Sarah Siskind / August 3, 2011 12:17 pm

Why Christopher Oppermann Should Vote

It will cost him 5 minutes, 67 cents, and 50 calories. So why not?

Sarah Siskind / June 28, 2011 8:33 pm

An Evening with the Queen

Sugar Pie DeSanto, Queen of the West Coast Blues

Sarah Siskind / June 18, 2011 12:03 pm

Israeli Oil: Black Gold in the Holy Land

New technology enabling the extraction of shale oil from Israel's Shfela Basin could well be one of the most geo-politically consequential discoveries of the twenty-first century.

Sarah Siskind / June 6, 2011 4:42 pm

Feminism: Its Foe and Its Folly

Feminism may have lost its path

Sarah Siskind / May 25, 2011 7:22 pm

Weighing In: Sex, Love, and the Free Market

Why the differentiation between sexual and financial risks should get you hot and bothered

Sarah Siskind / April 28, 2011 4:52 pm

Heyrsh Abdulrahman

Former Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Sarah Siskind / April 20, 2011 6:00 pm

Supervise Me: San Francisco’s Unhappy Repeal of the Happy Meal

Banning the Happy Meal will cause little kids to cry... and cost money.

Adam Kern and Sarah Siskind / April 18, 2011 11:07 am

Libertarianism and Public Goods: An HPRgument (Part 8)

This is a running argument between conservative Adam Kern and libertarian Sarah Siskind. Previous entries can be found after the jump in reverse chronological order. Part 8 — Adam Kern First I would like to thank all our readers for paying us their attention. It is an honor to have it, and that’s something both Sarah and I can agree ... Read More

Andrew Seo, Simon Thompson, and Sarah Siskind / March 31, 2011 6:01 pm

Liveblogging Bill Richardson at the IOP

Liveblogging Bill Richardson's event at the Institute of Politics.

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