Columns
O'Connor A Class Above the Rest
There was a distinct moment from my wrestling matchup with JP O’Connor ’10 when I realized that the grappler is not a normal human being.
Interweaving Endless Realities into One
A director can endow the screen with endless depth by consciously displacing viewers from one reality he shows to another he recalls through visual references, weaving all forms together in a self-reflexive manner.
Singing Ourselves Home
The last couple years have sometimes felt like one long goodbye to home. Turning to wave to friends and family ...
Ground Game Finds its Stride
Backed up on its own 26-yard line on third down, the Harvard football team needed 15 yards for a first. Gino Gordon gave it 74 and a touchdown.
Danger Zone Europe
Apparently, when the name “Osama Bin Laden” enters airwaves, it’s time to stick our heads in the sand and wait until the safety of February travel.
Wireless Without Walls
The FCC’s decision to allow unlicensed access to the spectrum, rather than auctioning off sections to the highest bidder, as has been their custom in the past, is one of the plan’s biggest strengths.
Much to Show After 20 Years
Although it still has a ways to go before recognizing its full potential, Namibia has made great strides since independence, and is one of the most prosperous and safest countries in Africa today.
A Not-So-Offal Dinner
I knew things were going badly when I began squeezing the blood out of the pancreas glands. I’d bought them ...
Federal Bureau of Sleepy Times
It is both inaccurate and unjust to continue referring to all illegal drugs as narcotics. Such rhetoric distorts rational thinking on the subject and stalls efforts to reach a better solution.
Ups And Downs Of A Life Aquatic
Playing 32 minutes of water polo is a lot. Add on eleven minutes of gut-wrenching sudden-death overtime, and it begins to seem like an eternity.
‘Empire’ State of Mind
I can’t think of another show with the extraordinary credentials of “Boardwalk Empire,” much less one that lives up to them. Helmed by director Martin Scorsese and “Sopranos” writer Terence Winter, the show has been rightly hailed as manna from heaven. But it’s not heaven, it’s HBO.
Weather Affects Interest in Sports
The seasons can often be better defined as football, baseball, and basketball than by the traditional four segments of the year.
Consumers Benefit at Designers’ Cost
Though the majority of consumers now have access to designs that otherwise would be unavailable due to the extravagant costs of high-end designers, it also exploits a gaffe in the fashion system and cheapens the originality of the designer’s products.
Separation of Mosque and State
The Park51 mosque continues to be the focus of most mainstream media outlets, but last week, it was a controversy around a smaller mosque located in Roxbury, Massachusetts, that truly illustrated an important point about the role of religion in America.
Inconsistent Effort Hurts Team
In football, the only thing that matters is which team shows up when the first whistle blows.
Period Politics
Menstruation, therein, is more than a biological occurrence: It is a socially constructed phenomenon, emanating as much from cultural stereotype as from women’s own wombs.
The Beastly Reality of the Core
I hate pretentious douche bags that like to talk about how “exciting” the Core is. You’ve probably been subjected to ...
The Settlers of Canaan
In order to truly achieve a two-state solution, the Obama Administration needs to implement and present a peace plan that will speak to the fears of both Palestinians and Israelis, settlers included.
Fall 2010 Crimson Columnists
The Crimson Editorial Board is pleased to announce its Fall 2010 editorial columnists:
A Poor Bet
Policymakers should make the lottery tax explicit, and acknowledge that there are legitimate concerns about its redistributive consequences. Only then will reform be possible.
Unequal and Un-American
Our unequal society has now reached an economic crisis point, with America’s poor and middle classes failing to make ends meet.
Rowing Loses One of Its Own
At only 21 years of age, Costello went to the hospital last year with what she thought was a stomachache—only to be diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.