Op Eds
Who is Jill Stein?
If 85 percent of Americans are able to vote for Stein, shouldn’t they at least be able to hear her speak at the presidential debates?
Sandy: A Political Storm
Politicians like Congressman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have used the storm to talk about partisan disagreement over climate change, and Romney’s opponents have seized on his past comments on the size of the federal government and implications that it should do less in disaster relief.
Democracy Against the Odds
My worst-case scenario is learning that, against one-in-six-million odds, the national election was decided by a one vote margin in one state, New Jersey. For that, I’ll mark up a ballot.
Surviving Sandy
As a Florida native who survived too many storm seasons, I feel obligated to impart to my faithful northern readers some advice and wisdom regarding hurricanes.
God Bless the King!
Fortunately, soon after her announcement, a candidate entered the race that promised to continue Senator Snowe’s legacy of moderation. With less than a week before Election Day, Angus King, the mustachioed former governor of the state, seems a lock to be the next Senator from Maine.
Beware The Spoiler Effect
I acknowledge that our political system is broken and overrun with special interests. But there is a clear choice between President Obama and Governor Romney.
Remembering Romney
He was antithetical to nearly everything that I feel Massachusetts stands for, and if elected president, I am certain that he will be antithetical to all the good that this country is capable of as well.
It's Not Just Sex
Combine free condoms, distance from home, minimal responsibility, plentiful alcohol, and parties every weekend with the fact that sex just feels good and you have an equation for casual sex.
Our Very Own Campaign of Terror
The US needs to significantly reform its use of drones in the region, if not completely abolish it.
Making a Race Joke (Productive)
Unlike effective satire, careless racial humor mocks not the irrationality of racism, but the racial group itself.
Food, Revised?
With a little effort and some healthy enthusiasm for exploring new and delicious vegan foods, members of the Harvard community can continue to make choices that avoid cruelty, reduce their impact on the environment, and feel great about making nutritious changes to their diets.
The Climate We Ask For
The U.S. could help shape the international debate on climate change, but it chooses not to because U.S. citizens have yet to demand the discussion.
A New Hope
I’m tired of being counted among the millions of qualified undocumented students who have been let down again and again by the DREAM Act.
A World of Solutions
Republicans insist that America needs “American solutions.” But what exactly does that mean?
Mikey’s Way
At Harvard, institutional memory is so short. The undergraduates who knew Mikey have graduated and moved on, but not long ago an extraordinarily caring young man called this place home.
Binders Full of Women
That the “binders full of women” comment has gained cultural salience is undoubtedly a consequence of Romney’s response.
Socialism at Harvard
If there were ever a place where I could break free from the confines of modern liberalism, it was here, where the currents of Marx still trickle through the professoriate.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Lesson
As a Burmese-American student, I am proud to be Burmese and proud to see my home country taking steps towards democracy. Even more, I am proud to see such a strong, intelligent woman lead our country step-by-step to help its citizens obtain the freedoms they deserve.
Unsticking Negotiations
Levels of attendance and enthusiasm at HUCTW’s stand-out demonstrations indicate that it has the human resources available to press for a fair contract addressing the priorities of its members.
Subsidiarity: A Principle for the 25 Percent
Last Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, tense and punctuated by unsportsmanlike interjections and guffaws, was more than a critical contest in this (now) close election. For the 25 percent of Americans who identify as Catholic, it was a historic showdown between two men with radically different conceptions of how to live out their Catholic faith in the public sphere.
Save the Boobies? Or the Woman?
There is nothing sexual about someone dying of breast cancer. There is only horror and sickness, and to suggest that the purpose of finding a cure for this disease is to restore the body’s ability to please someone else, even facetiously, reduces the dying person to a body and makes a cruel joke of their pain.
Israel vs. No. 2 Pencils
As countless students around the world took the SAT a week ago, Palestinians from the West Bank could not join their ranks. The October SAT exam was cancelled for students in the West Bank: The Israeli authorities held the exams sent by the College Board for weeks, not releasing the tests to AMIDEAST’s office in Ramallah.
A New Path for Venezuela
than anyone had previously, 10 points still represents a gap of over one million votes. If anything, we can expect Chavez to be even bolder in this next term, as he will use his victory as a way to legitimize his “Bolivarian Revolution.”
Depressed Yuan, Equivocal Yawn
China buys U.S. assets, and then sends the U.S. more and more manufactured products—all in exchange for the precious opportunity to spend long hours making those products, dump the revenue back into U.S. assets to depress the exchange rate, rinse, and repeat.
Meat the Flexitarians
The Meatless Monday initiative is definitely one worth adopting, and the looming threats bred by the intake of meat make me second-guess my decision to slather bacon onto a plate during Sunday brunch.