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Hypocritical Mediocrity
Why did Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad get a student visa and U.S. citizenship? Marty Peretz argued yesterday that he shouldn’t have because he was mediocre. But I don’t think that Peretz’ reasoning is much better than...
An Embarrassment to Harvard Conservatives
In case you aren’t sick of the subject, I have written a full-length take-down of the recent Harvard Salient article on Ethnic Studies. It originally appeared in today’s Harvard Independent. Check out my HPR blog post from last...
The Most Salienty Salient Article Ever
In the new Harvard Salient, Patrick T. Brennan has achieved the Platonic ideal of a Salient article: equal measures of pure arrogance,...
The End of a Leftist Era
Why Chile’s new conservative leader isn’t much of a change. On Jan. 17, the Chilean presidential run-off election concluded with the victory...
An Enlightened Approach to Illegal Immigration
Why the politics of immigration must be reconciled with reality Immigration always seems to be a hot-button topic, but despite President Bush’s second-term...
Brazil on the World Stage
Can Latin America’s largest country rise above the hurdles? As cannons blasted confetti down upon a roaring crowd in Rio de Janeiro in October, Latin...
Reassessing Plan Colombia
Turning from the coca fields to the cocaine market While anti-drug policy rarely makes headlines in American politics today, the issue dominates politics...
Life on the Hill
Jim Himes on his journey from Goldman Sachs to Capitol Hill Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) was born and lived for 10 years in Lima, Peru. He has worked at Goldman...
Colombia’s War on Terror
Have the FARC finally met their match? A recent string of defeats for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Latin America’s oldest, largest,...
Closer, but No Cigar
Anticipating a new era of engagement with Cuba When President Obama signed the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill into law on March 11, he took a small step...
Current Issue: Spring 2010
Religion in America
- Is Godless Great? A New Heyday for American Secularism
The American Way of Faith Compromise, innovation, and tradition
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