10 Things You Need to Know About Politics at Harvard
Staff Writer Harleen Gambhir walks prospective students through the politics at Harvard
On the Newsstand:New York Times
To Recover, Emphasize Innovation
We should look to the new, not the old, for the path to a better economic future.
Another Slice? Asking for More
If there’s one thing that the New York Times and Sarah Palin can agree on, it’s that Congress is full of money-grubbing crooks.
Occupation With No End?
The Occupation of Wall Street might not have any concrete goals, but that shouldn't detract from its importance.
Anthony Weiner’s Corruption
The relationship between representative and represented is sacred, and by trading political admiration for sexual gratification, Anthony Weiner corrupted that relationship.
Time to Get a New Homepage…
… if Firefox currently opens to the NY Times but you don’t want to pay the $15 per month that an online subscription will cost. If you choose to search for a replacement, think about what the mini-exodus from the popular news site will mean for journalistic diversity and an informed citizenry. If you choose to pony up the cash, ... Read More
Immigration and the Nordic Welfare State Model
If Nordic countries want to continue accepting immigrants, they will have to reform their welfare system to reduce large fiscal strain.
Dear Thomas Friedman: Serious In Singapore, But So What?
While Friedman's praise of Singapore is inspiring, it simply isn't realistic.
On WikiLeaks: Transparency for Transparency’s Sake
When we sacrifice our national security for the sake of transparency, we have crossed the line
John Kyl Helps Obama Relive His College Days
From the New York Times: “Senate Leader Deals Blow to President on Arms Treaty.” It’s as if Charlie Wilson were minority whip. Photo Credit: Flickr (Chuckumentary)
Lights, Camera, Argue: Why the Court needs to modernize
Part of the Supreme Court’s appeal, at least for me, has always been its sense of mystery. Nine robed justices sit on the high bench, question the lowly lawyers, retreat to their conference room to debate, and a decision finally emerges many months later. What goes on behind the scenes? Few know, but sadly few Americans also have no idea ... Read More
Snyder v. Phelps: A Controversial Look at Freedom of Speech
The Westboro Baptist Church is not afraid to make their extreme views on homosexuality and religion known. In fact, they are infamous for picketing funerals of American soldiers while carrying signs that read “God Hates Fags” and “Thank God for IEDs,” among others. This controversy finally reached the Supreme Court on Wednesday, October 6 in the form of oral argument ... Read More
Bowing to the Chinese Century?
Thomas Friedman, yesterday, in this Times column, found his rhetorical flourish yet lost his practical sensibility. In a fairly particularly common theme for him, Friedman praises the autocratic, oppressive Chinese government as efficient and resourceful, while decrying “our poll-driven, toxically partisan, cable-TV-addicted, money-corrupted political class”. Friedman goes on further to suggest that politics today in the US is nothing more ... Read More
The Times’ Silly Article on “Elusive” Internships
In a couple of blog posts this spring, I commented favorably on the Obama Labor Department’s decision to crack down on employers who abuse their college-age interns—essentially using them as replacements for regular employees, minus the pay. Far from saying “you can’t have unpaid interns, that it’s exploitation,” as John Stossel put it, the regulations simply require that internships serve ... Read More
Obama’s Oil Spill Talk
While anything from uninspiring to boring has been used to define President Obama’s primetime speech on Tuesday, Gail Collin’s has a great column on it, I believe that the speech was not just flawed because it was unexciting, but rather because it was reveals fundamental disconnects from the Obama Administration. First, the rhetoric of the speech rang something along the ... Read More
