Benjamin Isaac

Academics, Don’t Abandon America

However contentious certain areas of study have become in the political arena, that’s all the more reason to keep up the fight in America, not elsewhere. The job of a scholar, if it is to defend the truth, is to do that work in places where regard for it is shaky.

Dissent: Grade Inflation Won’t Fix Itself

Problems of collective action must be addressed collectively. That means that any solution to grade inflation on campus must be fundamentally centralized, coordinated, and sufficiently uniform in nature.

The Coddling of the Harvard Mind

More than anything, however, this episode is illustrative of a broader problem on campus: a culture that increasingly treats academic discomfort as injury and disagreement as hostility, making it difficult to have sober conversations about standards at all.

Harvard's Right Has a Problem, and It Isn't Wokeness

Nothing about Harvard's DEl bureaucracy compelled the Salient's editors to flirt with Nazi rhetoric. No progressive cabal forced the John Adams Society to quietly exclude women. These failures came from within — from an inability to police illiberalism, bad judgment, and self-sabotage in their own ranks.

Public Opinion Won't Save Harvard From Trump

What will kill us is having half the country’s political establishment treat eliminating Harvard as a defining political mission — especially since the public won’t be coming to the rescue any time soon.

Harvard Students Hate Capitalism — Until Recruiting Season

While this negative outlook is not necessarily true, it is certainly counterproductive. If you genuinely believe that something is unjust, actively work to change it instead of giving up and accepting your corporate fate.

Does Community Input Speak for Cambridge? According to the Data, No

That’s not to say Cambridge shouldn’t listen to its residents. But when public comment becomes a ritual stage for a tiny, unrepresentative minority, it’s worth asking whom that process really serves.

If Cambridge Wants To Spend, It Has To Build

In order to deliver on expensive candidate promises, Cambridge desperately needs extra income. Building is the way to get it.

Since When Does Trump Care About Grades?

If the Trump administration swaps maximalist hostage-taking for more subtle and fundamentally reasonable asks, it may be appropriate to reconsider Harvard’s stance. If the Oval Office has changed course and opted for a project of durable institutional reform, that would be a nice change of pace. For now, though, those are pretty big ifs.

Harvard Exists for One Reason and One Reason Only

Although it’s impossible to predict the future, it’s a fair bet that Harvard will remain top of mind in our political debates. As myriad actors seek to impose their political projects onto our campus, it will serve us well to remember our core purpose.

Harvard Proposes Cap on A’s, 13 Affiliates React

Last October, a now-infamous report sparked intense debate over Harvard’s grading system. A new faculty report proposing a cap on A grades has reignited that discussion. Are grades for mastery or distinction, and will the proposal restore rigor or damage pedagogy? 13 affiliates weigh in. — Heidi S. Enger ’27 and Zakiriya H. Gladney ’27, Editorial Chairs

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