Any sympathy I could have had for Anthony Weiner largely evaporated when I read this article in the Times a few days ago. The article describes how Weiner “sought to transform informal online conversations about politics and partisanship into sexually charged exchanges.” One woman shared his “concern over his conservative critics,” and another “praise[d] him … Read more
An impromptu conversation between HPR Editor-in-Chief Max Novendstern and Campus Blog Editor Caroline Cox:
An Activist’s Year in Review Last week, reporter Monica Dodge wrote the Crimson’s update on student activism in 2010-2011. Her article, “The Evolution of Activism,” argued that students have now put “classes before causes” and more frequently rely on internet messaging instead of inter-personal organizing; student activists at Harvard “are less eager to leave behind … Read more
On January 9th, Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a “Corner Congress” held by Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in Tucson, killing six people and seriously wounding many others, including the Congresswoman. In the rush to make sense of the tragedy, many in the media cited the relatively recent surge in violent political rhetoric as a … Read more
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Amy Chua 256 pp. Penguin Press. $29.95. An excerpt from Amy Chua’s book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother unleashed a firestorm of controversy across the country when it was published in the Wall Street Journal in January. The excerpt, headlined “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” portrayed a wide … Read more
US Blog Editor Paul Schied and Staff Director Josh Lipson discuss transhumanism and the Singularity. Harvard Blogging Heads: Transhumanism from Paul Schied on Vimeo. The Singularity Transhumanism (the creepy narrator of this video is possibly half cyborg) Ray Kurzweil Quantum Computing Spintronics DARPA Programmable Matter ——————————————————————————————————————————————- Interested in making a Blogging Heads with an HPR … Read more
Matt Yglesias’s critique of Harvard’s “Senior Gift” provoked an interesting debate across the Ivy-league-osphere. I responded here; Emma Saunders-Hastings, a PhD student in the philosophy department, out-classed us both at The Utopian; then Yglesias responds; and now, once more, I offer my thoughts. Here’s a copy of my response, cross-posted from The Utopian: Matt Yglesias and I … Read more
Fifty-three years after Betty Friedan wrote about “the problem that has no name,” the name has a problem. In the United States today, “Feminism” is feminism’s greatest enemy. The movement achieved its original goals but changed its mission in order to persist. In the process, feminism may have lost its path. The Paranoid Schizophrenic At … Read more
This summer, I’ve resolved to punctuate my routine of weekdays at Council on Foreign Relations and bacchanalian weekends at the shore with a few learning experiences. Last week, I watched Tommy Wiseau’s cult classic, The Room. A few days ago, I attempted to camp on the beach. And yesterday morning, I attended the synagogue of … Read more
Max Novendstern recently commented that this post by Matt Yglesias was the type of post that makes him love Yglesias more than he hates him. Max’s love/hate relationship with Yglesias aside, the post ignores the important aspects of the James case by focusing on the money. What we should be concerned about here is not … Read more