In light of a new Facebook poll that asks viewers which side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict they are on, The Harvard Political Review‘s Josh Lipson writes that the differences reflected in such polls are merely an off-shoot of simple tribalism. Lipson explains that this feeling, “at its best explains why I derive pride from the … Read more
Last week the IOP released its 19th edition of polling data coming from Young Americans ages 18-to-29 years old. In this report, they used a fairly accurate demographic to collect the data, but polled a group that was more likely to vote, with 59-percent of respondents voting in 2008, compared to 49-percent among generic 18-to-29 … Read more
Harvard Talks Politics is your guide to the most important online political content Harvard has to offer. Don’t have time to pick up a copy of The Independent? Don’t know which opinion pieces to read in The Crimson? Want to know what The Perspective and The Salient have to say on the big issues? The Harvard Political Review has you … Read more
Many people have raised objections to President Obama’s decision to become military involved in Libya and, in a piece for his personal blog, Dylan Matthews argues a less common point concerning our military involvement. Taking Obama at face value that our mission in Libya is one strictly for humanitarian purposes, Matthews argues that if our money … Read more
Defense spending is a crucial element of the American economy and “some common misconceptions” often mislead the public into supporting cuts to defense programs, argue Nicholas Tatsis and Daniel Handlin in a recent op-ed for The Crimson. Contending that we must approach military spending with a focus on our long-term defense capability needs rather than yearly … Read more
The debate began with Alexander Heffner’s editorial for U.S. News & World Report in which he argued that the university has significant prestige, “but as any undergraduate who actually attends the school knows, the Harvard education is overrated.” Heffner’s pointed and harsh criticism of the university garnered a flurry of backlash from fellow students. The … Read more
7:20: People begin to trickle out and the forum empties as Summers is welcomed back to Harvard. Although he has been tied distinctly to Wall Street in the past, Larry Summers genuinely seems to care for the country as a whole. He is concerned about the growing inequality within the nation, the looming wave of … Read more
It isn’t over yet. With legal challenges from 26 states en route to the Supreme Court, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) remains a subject of political, legal, and constitutional dispute. The case may well prove important legal precedent. “This will be the most important Commerce Clause case since cases upholding the Civil … Read more
In her blog post from Tuesday, Caroline Cox criticizes my recent editorial in the Harvard Crimson for its opposition to the Supreme Court’s decision in Snyder v. Phelps. In an 8-1 ruling, the Court decided that the First Amendment protected the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) from paying damages incurred for the “intentional infliction of emotional … Read more
Recently, we sat down with Tom Shadyac, director of comedies like Ace Ventura and Bruce Almighty, to discuss his new documentary, I Am, which focuses on many of the problems with the world today and how we can fix them. Harvard Political Review: How did you decide who to interview for this film?Tom Shadyac: Those … Read more