440 Harvard students have signed a petition calling for the firing of Harvard Summer School instructor Subramanian Swamy after his recent article for an Indian newspaper that advocated forcing all Muslims to admit to having HIndu ancestors in order to vote. Harvard Political Review writer Sandra Korn, one of signers of the petition, explains her … Read more
The rioting in London can seem remote to most Americans. But to Crimson writer Jorge Araya, these riots are going on just around the corner. Araya explains how the recent violence is perhaps a manifestation of economic disparities in one of the most expensive cities in the world. Read the full article at the Crimson.
One of India’s most prominent politicians has recently come under public scrutiny due to a petition started by a group of Harvard undergrads and graduate students. (As of today, the petition has 440 signatures—including mine.) Following the Mumbai bombings last month, Swamy wrote an article in the popular Indian newspaper Daily News and Analysis entitled … Read more
With massive rioting in London, some analysts have suggested that the destruction could benefit the economy by increasing spending. Christopher Oppermann appears, at least on the surface, to agree with such analysts. In a scathing satire, he writes how the government should begin encouraging the rioters and help them along the way to greater economic prosperity. … Read more
Associate Justice Elena Kagan has completed her first year on the bench. Crimson writers Caroline McKay and Zoe Weinberg argue that the former Dean of Harvard Law School has established herself as a possible leader for the left. The Justice’s work on the Court may soon establish her as a strong counterweight to Scalia. Read … Read more
Be sure to read Parts 1, 2 and 3 if you haven’t yet! From continued debt ceiling discussions, to committee hearings, and even to a baseball game, my penultimate summer blog post covers all the bases (pardon the pun) in arguably the most eventful two weeks of the internship. In case you had not been … Read more
Like Paul Krugman, writing in the wake of the September 11 attacks, I too reel in horror as I witness London come under the weight of such senseless, irrational, and hysteria-driven anarchy. Like HuffPo’s Nathan Gardels, contemplating the aftermath of the massively destructive earthquake in Japan, my heart goes out to the victims of this … Read more
As I wrote in last October, America should lead the international community into action in Somalia. This year, Foreign Policy listed Somalia as the World’s Most Failed State for the fourth year in a row, long before the current massive famine broke out. With a child dying every six minutes from malnutrition in the five southern … Read more
My friend Chris Oppermann doesn’t think he should vote, largely because he believes his votes don’t have any consequences. Sarah Siskind thinks he’s wrong, largely because she believes that votes do more than Chris thinks. But there’s a deeper question here: must an action have consequences for it to possess moral value? The answer, I … Read more
“If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.” – Emma Goldman Sarah Siskind has been gracious enough to attempt to persuade me to do my civic duty and show up at the polls. However, none of Sarah’s points manage to convince me to change my persuasion. Allow me to explain. Sarah first argues that the … Read more