The Trouble with the Tea Party
What the FAA fiasco reveals about the Tea Party.
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Tarina Quraishi on the Chai Party Movement
The American Tea Party evidently does not have a monopoly on “grassroots populism and radical rhetoric” according to Crimson writer Tarina Quraishi. A new anti-corruption movement in India closely parallels the Tea Party, from charismatic leaders to protesters in peculiar garb. As Quaraishi suggests, these two movements signal important changes in the two nations’ political climates. Read the full article [...]
Fixing the Brew: How to Make the Tea Party More Viable
Critics claim the Tea Party is not a viable force in the political lexicon long-term. Naji Filali has some friendly advice for changing that.
Tea Party Populism
Tea Party members consider themselves "workers" above all else. We've been down this road before...
Budget Baseball: Obama, the GOP, and the Tea Party
Obama's budget proposal is the best we are likely to get.
Virginia Thomas, Lobbyist?
Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Virginia Thomas, is no stranger to controversy, but her recent decision to work as a Tea Party lobbyist will endanger impartiality on the Court.
Another Chapter in the Virginia Thomas Saga
In another bizarre chapter in the ongoing controversy that surrounds her, Virginia Thomas, Tea Party activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, indicated recently that she may step down from her position as head of Liberty Central. Thomas’s involvement in the group, intended to support conservative activists and Tea Party campaigns, drew concern as to whether it could [...]
Harvard Blogging Heads, Issue 1
Paul Schied and I discuss Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity and whether Harvard students can be Tea Party members. Harvard Blogging Heads: Paul Schied and Max Novendstern from Max Novendstern on Vimeo. (Paul is great; I’m a bit boring. They will get better! If anyone watching this is interested in doing a Harvard Blogging Heads with me (or with [...]
How To Write About the Tea Party, Continued
In my last post, I chided Harvard writers for the way they tend to write about the Tea Party. I said that our focus was too small. But that raises the question: What are my counterexamples? For this post, I thought I’d highlight some excellent writing on the Tea Party done by some of the most interesting intellectuals in America. This [...]
Joke’s up.
When Sarah Palin’s first interview with Katie Couric aired, I laughed along with everyone else. I remember marveling at how inept a decision the McCain camp made in selecting Palin as his running mate. How could anyone take this woman seriously? Then when the Tea Party first emerged in early 2009, I thought, alright: there are some “punny” radicals out there who [...]
Conflicts of Interest on the Court
Life time appointments to the Supreme Court are a double-edge sword. On the one hand, it is more difficult for public opinion to cloud the Justices’ readings of the Constitution. Without elections of the Justices, they are free from political pandering and saved from the possible problems of campaign contributions. Public opinion is inconstant, but the Constitution rarely changes. On [...]
Our Moment
I’d like to believe that there’s a place in our politics between caricature and indifference — between judgement (ie, praise, censure, etc), on the one hand, and dismissal, flat out rejection, on the other. As an editor of this magazine and as a student, I cherish the writing that avoids these fates: the writers that write about politics without playing politics; the [...]
Decentralization and the Tea Party’s Demise?
The Tea Party. It’s been the subject of fierce political discussion since Barack Obama’s election as President in 2008 and the subsequent rise of the movement for what’s been called a “new conservatism” in 2009. When examining the upcoming midterm elections, the significance the Tea Party cannot be underestimated. Many Republicans self-label as modern “Tea Party” members; however, others within [...]
Moderate Republicans: The Hidden Contingent
The phrase “Moderate Republican” just sounds silly. Republicans aren’t supposed to be moderate. If they were, they wouldn’t be Republicans at all. To Republicans, moderateness is not just an embarrassing admission of weakness, it’s a sign of petty treason. If any of your GOP friends start leaning towards the center, intervene immediately; they are a few short steps away from [...]
