New Atheism: Missing the Point
There are difficult and complex parts of the human experience that neither science nor even the most basic comforts can address.
On the Newsstand:Islam
Tea’d Off
Andrew Breitbart's May 2010 defense of the Tea Party in an exclusive interview with the HPR.
Known and Unknown: A Memoir
The title of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s memoirs–Known and Unknown–is appropriate of almost any position that requires making decisions based on predictions. In national security matters, especially during war-time as in Afghanistan and Iraq, there will be good intelligence and bad intelligence, and Clausewitz’s concept of ‘fog of war‘ can confuse even the most prescient of individuals. Rumsfeld’s memoir presents a well-researched defense of his decisions in the midst of that fog.
The State of Religious Freedom
The recent debate over contraception in the United States demonstrates just how far politicians on both sides of the political spectrum have strayed in their understanding of freedom of religion.
Smashing Silence: An Iranian Woman’s Quest for Justice
I straddled a historical boundary sitting between my father and my grandmother as I pulled back the first page of Iranian activist-lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s autobiography. I bridged mother and son, linking the experiences of a once-17-year old man who fled and of a woman who stayed and endured the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Ebadi, the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, makes a parallel connection with her memoir “Iran Awakening."
Turkey and the Middle East in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
Lessons learned from a lecture at Harvard on Turkey as a model for the Arab democracies.
The Democratic Divergence
As authoritarian regimes have crumbled in the Arab World, so too has the gulf that once separated politics from religion.
Sandra Korn on Swamy’s Freedom of Speech
440 Harvard students have signed a petition calling for the firing of Harvard Summer School instructor Subramanian Swamy after his recent article for an Indian newspaper that advocated forcing all Muslims to admit to having HIndu ancestors in order to vote. Harvard Political Review writer Sandra Korn, one of signers of the petition, explains her position on the issue. Although ... Read More
Humza Bokhari on Cain’s Politics of Hate
Herman Cain, the outspoken 2012 GOP presidential candidate has had a thing or two to say about the Islamic faith, and most of it has not been positive. His comments, which even advocate banning mosques, worry the HPR’s Humza Bokhari. While Cain may say that he believes in the separation of church and state, Bokhari points out that “the trouble ... Read More
Pizza and Paranoia: Cain’s Politics of Hate
Herman Cain washes down his politics like he washes down his pizza: with a large glass of Haterade.
Weighing in: Rep. Peter King is a Threat to National Security
Radicalization may be a danger, but Peter King is making it worse.
Tarina Quraishi on Rep. Peter King as the New McCarthy
Representative Peter King’s new Congressional hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims have inspired numerous comparisons to McCarthyism. King’s spotlight on Muslims may unintentionally cause a new surge of support for the community, writes Tarin Quaraishi in The Crimson. While a majority of Americans currently support King’s actions, “[a]s the hearings proceed and presumably continue to generate civil liberty concerns ... Read More
Purging Peretz
The Martin Peretz issue, it seems, is not going away. At least, that’s what the Undergraduate Council would like us to believe. Most students and faculty have moved on, for better or worse, and most probably aren’t aware of the UC’s latest legislative achievement: a bill that “fully condemns” the University’s decision to accept donations in Peretz’s honor. But the UC bill deserves our attention, ... Read More
