http://www.thecrimson.com/opinion.aspx The Harvard Crimson :: The University Daily Since 1873 Copyright 2009, The Harvard Crimson, Inc. Obama’s election is exciting to Harvard students not because of his blackness—it’s exciting because he’s their guy. An unprecedented number of Harvard students worked on Obama’s campaign, and more meaningful still, he is cut of the same cloth as they are. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=526042 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:10:00 GMT The press has filled in the gaps in the city’s understanding of its recent attacks with a narrative of imminent danger and Pakistani aggression. This coverage, tinged with bloodlust, is at fever pitch—and it is incessant. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=526041 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:07:36 GMT Just because the Mexican elite can afford to forget about the social issues of their communities doesn’t mean that they should. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=526040 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:04:21 GMT I submit that future generations of Americans will appreciate the accomplishments President George W. Bush achieved in the face of the extraordinary challenges that have confronted America during his tenure. Historians will remember him much more fondly than the fickle winds of public opinion see him today. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=526039 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:58:32 GMT Since happiness is intangible, here is a list of events that I wish will happen in 2009, if only because they would bring a smile to America’s beleaguered face. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525980 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:11:23 GMT Switzerland is waging—and winning—a real war on drugs, instead of losing a war on drug users. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525979 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:09:48 GMT The public cannot help but feel confused to the point of paralysis by the holding pattern of contradictory studies and untenable claims into which today’s scientific discourse can lapse. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525978 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:08:29 GMT It is not the Ad Board’s prerogative to dictate which experiences at the inauguration would be more meaningful than others. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525977 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:03:45 GMT If the industry proves itself adaptable, the Tribune bankruptcy will be seen not as the beginning of the end of print, but as a birth pang of a new model for journalism. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525976 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:02:34 GMT The facets of evangelism most repellent to atheists are bigotry, proselytism, and an unquestioning certainty in the tenets of one’s faith. Secular atheism spurns all of these things, but the evangelical atheism of Maher and Dawkins has chosen to embrace them. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=525958 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:35:46 GMT