Op Eds
Rethinking and Ending Genocide
The magnitude of the problem of genocide is far greater than people realize. During our time—that is,the last hundred years—many more people have died at the hands of genocidal killers than during conventional military operations.
The Fragile State of Health Care Reform
The challenge for Democrats and other advocates of health care reform is to communicate more effectively the benefits from the ACA and reveal the false dichotomy offered by opponents: deficit reduction vs. preserving the ideals of universal coverage.
Grown Up and Done For
Growing up is hard to do at any time, but especially in a culture where Bob Dylan and other crooners urge us to stay “Forever Young” and shops trumpet names like “Forever 21.”
Medicine May Change our Genes
Evidence has been mounting for the past decade that we as a species are evolving genetically in real time, under the pressure of discernable social and historical forces.
Working for Women in the Signet
If you don’t count the ’Cliffies serving lunch—one of whom later headed a major Hollywood studio—there were no women in the Signet when I became president in 1970.
Veritas and Us
Seeking truth is the activity of trying to hold onto many strands all at once and make sense of the overall tapestry
Meddling with Nature
If we are in fact creating a new predator to eliminate the Arab autocracies, let’s hope we have some sort of plan for what comes after.
Pakistan: The Story Less Told
At the start of this year, I was asked by a fellow freshman whether Pakistanbordered Indiana. When I replied in ...
Cap and Unleash
The public financing system will lose its bite if, due to Obama’s success or Republicans’ ideological stance, it becomes the norm for candidates to reject it.
Graduation from the Inside
When graduation finally arrived, expectations were resoundingly trumped by an experience that was very different.
Retaining Women in Academia
The current status of childcare assistance at Harvard leaves graduate students with extremely limited resources for childcare in an environment which is, in contrast, so supportive of faculty and staff parents.
Graduates: Beware Thoreau
As we relive our best Harvard moments, it is worth considering them in light of those words of Thoreau’s.
On the HLS Diploma
Harvard need not give up its rich Latin tradition in order to improve the communicative impact of its diplomas.
Random Acts of Gayness
My main objective with the random acts of gayness is to educate. Basing most of my strategy on the methodology used in “Pay it Forward,” I hope that the ladies across campus will start to share our knowledge.
Homophobia at Harvard
It is deeply unsettling to conceive that a student at the hallowed halls of Harvard would cowardly accost others under the pretense of their homosexuality.
“Don’t Ask” about ROTC?
The issue of ROTC on campus requires an informed and transparent decision-making process. Despite historical precedent, Harvard’s 2011 decision to “reinstate” ROTC was neither of these.
Stand Up for Voting Rights
Throughout US history, fears about voter fraud and competency have justified policies that aimed at the systematic disenfranchisement of demographic groups considered unworthy to vote.
Bakhtiyar's Road
In Azerbaijan, politically motivated detentions are tragically normal, but this specific case has stirred international attention due to Bakhtiyar’s status as a well-known dissident, parliamentary candidate, and youth organizer.
Don't Blame Communism
In recent years, Western media and scholarship have been ablaze with criticism of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) oppressive ruling ...
The Harvardian’s Guide to the Real World
Seniors, assuming you acquit yourselves well during finals (I’d say odds are 50-50), almost a quarter of you will join ...
A Fair Plan to Reduce the Deficit
There are two ways to address the mid-term to long-term fiscal deficit. One way, which Paul Ryan and the Republican presidential candidates prefer, is to eliminate every dollar that we spend to invest in our country’s future and support the poor and middle class.
Remembering The Last Hero
General Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, said of the O.S.S-aided resistance that “without their great assistance, the liberation of France and the defeat of the enemy in western Europe would have consumed a much longer time and meant greater losses to ourselves.”
Stealing Libraries
On a much-vaunted recent radio broadcast by Britain’s BBC, the author Zadie Smith, in an effort to save her local ...
Getting In
Perhaps no amount of tutoring can make up for the feeling of not having truly earned one’s admission.