7:15pm. I’m sitting here watching folks shuffle out of the room. Maybe it was just the jitteriness of the audience or the fact that I’m prone to get sentimental about things like this, but I have to admit, I was moved. It’s almost unsettling. Cantor claims that Republicans are the party of creation and of … Read more
7:02 pm: Event over, thanks for tuning in. Post-event discussion to come later. 7:01 pm: Harvard freshman asks Cantor about Pence Amendment and whether it was an economic or ideological issue. Cantor responds by saying that “Planned Parenthood was engaging in some very ugly tactics.” Upsetting, to say the least. 6:59 pm: Kennedy School student … Read more
Matt Damon has put together a surprising string of box office failures over the past couple of years, and his new release The Adjustment Bureau looks like the wrong candidate to break the trend. Lacking inventiveness, intensity, or a coherent plot, The Adjustment Bureau is the first flat-out bad movie Damon has headlined in quite … Read more
The King of Limbs is an ancient oak tree hidden deep in the Savernake Forest of Wiltshire, England. It’s said to be older than England itself, and few people actually know its exact location. Those few people may include Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, who named the band’s newest album after the aging behemoth. Radiohead … Read more
Today, the Crimson put out a call for the young people of America to learn from the revolutions of the Middle East. It suggests that our generation is not as politically engaged as the middle-aged Americans who make up the Tea Party movement. The Crimson asks us young Americans to learn from the social-network-oriented organizing … Read more
Gossip On the Hill In recent weeks, talk has been circulating around Washington about a potential shutdown of the government. On the Hill, President Obama and House Republicans hold conflicting opinions about how deep cuts should be into the federal budget for this year. Republicans hope for deep cuts that set a more urgent tone … Read more
Last month I wrote about a murder trial that I observed in Dupage County, Illinois. Josh Matthews, who was found guilty in that case, inspired me to reflect on the question of morality in our society. Matthews defended himself in court and displayed a dishearteningly suspect moral code. His descriptions of his mother were unflattering, … Read more
The Federal government has gone too far in regulating the sugar industry, indirectly worsening the quality of food products like soft drinks. Though not pertinent to the looming budget fiasco developing in Washington, D.C. or the Middle East protests, government regulation of sugar has nonetheless had a major role in your life without you even … Read more
In today’s Crimson, the editorial staff rules on the 300 likely letters that the College will send out to select members of this year’s senior class. Its main objection is to the fact that roughly two-thirds of the letters go to recruited athletes. Instead, the board believes that they should “give equal weight to a … Read more
Many things made possible the recent Egyptian Reformation—Facebook, the spread of information, plain courage—and many have been rightly celebrated. But one has remained more or less a parenthesis: the Egyptian Army’s clemency. When he enlisted, each member of the army, from private to general, swore fealty to his government. The protestors’ aim was to dissolve … Read more