Governor Jeb Bush

Harvard Political Review: What do you see as the future of the GOP, especially in light of the recent midterm elections? Gov. Jeb Bush: Success is never final. You have to review and reform regularly. The first step of renewal is humility, and I’ve sensed that the Republicans have realized the elections were more of … Read more

ROTC Resurging

The tenor of the new debate on ROTC speaks a great deal to campus attitudes towards the military, and to campus activism in general. When I was accepted to Harvard, a frequent piece of advice given to me was something along the lines of “Don’t let the liberals up there change your views.” While everyone … Read more

Nigeria: The Next African Problem

Ethnic tension in Nigeria may become Africa’s next big problem with the results of the 2011 presidential election. Nigeria made major strides in the presidential election held on April 16th. In comparison to 2007’s disaster election that international pundits claimed was “the worst they had ever seen anywhere in the world,” the 2011 election was … Read more

Should We Make Everyone Vote?

Dylan Matthews has a well-meaning but ultimately misguided column in today’s Crimson arguing for compulsory voting. Let’s start with what Dylan gets right. He is absolutely right about this: “One reason why higher economic classes’ interests are so overrepresented in government is that rich people vote at disproportionately high rates, and poor people vote at … Read more

Racism? Probably not.

The United States has always used common law, the Constitution, and precedent to render its judgments in courts.  We, like most other nations around the world, enjoy a court system where justice is delivered based on our decided constitutional principles.    However, recently, international and religious laws have crept into our court systems, and when politicians … Read more

Like Father, Like Son?

The Republican field in 2012 is a difficult one to navigate, especially for libertarians enamored with the Pauls. The 2012 primary elections kick off in Iowa in a little under a year, yet the race for the Oval Office has yet to officially commence for Republican hopefuls. Will it be Trump, Romney, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Santorum, … Read more