Ratko Mladic, the highest commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, is on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his crimes during the Bosnian War. Harvard Political Review writer Milorad Dragicevic provides a first hand account of the drama surrounding Mladic’s appearance in court and a look at the importance of … Read more
As the debt talks continue seemingly without end, it’s easy to find oneself confused about what the real arguments are over. The HPR’s Lucas Swisher offers an answer in his open letter to Congressional Republicans. As he walks through the steps of how the debate reached this point, he also offers the reasons that Republicans … Read more
In one of the more interesting stories to develop this summer, a Harvard Summer School Instructor, Subhramanian Swamy, is the subject of a new petition that claims his recent op/ed in an Indian newspaper is inflammatory and anti-Muslim. Many are even calling for Harvard to sever ties with the instructor. Read the full article at … Read more
Herman Cain, the outspoken 2012 GOP presidential candidate has had a thing or two to say about the Islamic faith, and most of it has not been positive. His comments, which even advocate banning mosques, worry the HPR’s Humza Bokhari. While Cain may say that he believes in the separation of church and state, Bokhari … Read more
For most Americans, voting is the definition of civic duty. But Christopher Oppermann of the Harvard Political Review disagrees. “Because a candidate will always emerge victorious in an election, an individual’s vote only has consequence if it serves as the tie-breaker,” writes Oppermann, and he continues in his piece to outline why he, and many … Read more
All good things must come to an end. For Harry Potter fans mourning the inevitable end of the film franchise, there is fortunately still the Summer Book Club’s film analyses to read. Lena Bae questions the quality of the last film, but finds solace in the lessons of the books. Daniel Gross, meanwhile, sees parallels … Read more
Several of my friends working in DC this summer were assigned to a similar job: to “do clips.” For an intern working on the Hill, that means wading through DC news for the top headlines, and local news for mentions of their member. For someone at the Sunlight Foundation, it means using Google News Alerts … Read more
“Don’t vote; it only encourages the bastards.” – P. J. O’Rourke Like Robert Murphy, Gordon Tullock, and Steven Landsburg, I do not vote. My reason is largely a utilitarian one: because a candidate will always emerge victorious in an election, an individual’s vote only has consequence if it serves as the tie-breaker. In the absence of … Read more
“Don’t vote; it only encourages the bastards.” – P. J. O’Rourke Like Robert Murphy, Gordon Tullock, and Steven Landsburg, I do not vote. My reason is largely a utilitarian one: because a candidate will always emerge victorious in an election, an individual’s vote only has consequence if it serves as the tie-breaker. In the absence of … Read more
“How could the whole world sit at home and watch this and do nothing to stop it?” I asked myself this question as I was looking through videos of news reports from the Bosnian war during the 1992-1995. As an intern at Sense News Agency that specializes in covering all of the trials at the … Read more