“You just got here, didn’t you?” Sarah asked. Shocked, I admitted that I did, to which she replied “Of course you just did. You look too wholesome.” I had barely arrived at Zuccotti Park, the site of Occupy Wall Street, and I was already “found out.” My plans about lying about my name, lying about … Read more
The HPR reports on a Forum discussion of the #Occupy protests. 5:56 Sarah Coughlon here! Really excited for the IOP’s discussion of the #Occupy protests. The speakers are: Marshall Ganz, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at HKS; Todd Gitlin, Professor and Chair, PhD program, Columbia Journalism School; Ed Rendell, IOP Visiting Fellow, Governor of Pennsylvania (’03-’11), … Read more
During a screening of “Too Big to Fail” by IOP Fellow Diane Casey-Landry in Dunster JCR last night, the cognitive dissonance became overwhelming. Here stood a film that aimed to inform its viewers about the madness that surrounded the financial meltdown, to show the pinched face of Nancy Pelosi, the slow, measured rumble of Henry … Read more
Has the American economy run out of ideas? In last weekend’s edition of the New York Times, David Leonhardt makes a startling claim. Not only are we experiencing a downturn similar to the 1929 depression, he claims, but we are possibly going through something even more severe. His main argument is that while the Great … Read more
“We are the 99%!” – that was the cry chanted tirelessly by the group of several hundred OccupyDC protesters who marched down the streets of Washington D.C. to the White House this weekend, supporting a hodgepodge of ideas ranging from increased taxation of the rich to reforming education to ending corporatism in politics. Simultaneously just … Read more
“We are the 99%!” – that was the cry chanted tirelessly by the group of several hundred OccupyDC protesters who marched down the streets of Washington D.C. to the White House this weekend, supporting a hodgepodge of ideas ranging from increased taxation of the rich to reforming education to ending corporatism in politics. Simultaneously just … Read more
The HPR reports on an address from the visiting diplomat. 3:56 Harleen Gambhir here, getting ready for a public address from Ambassador Zhang Yesui from the Republic of China. Ambassador Zhang has been the chief diplomat to the US since 2010, and previously represented his country at the United Nations (2008-2010) following a five year … Read more
Florence Chen is a Journals liaison, or student assistant, to Ms. Moore Forbes this semester. In today’s highly partisan environment, when government shutdown debates have started to become commonplace, individuals such as Linda Moore Forbes, a current Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics, have become more crucial than ever to our national political dialogue. … Read more
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In the week since Steve Jobs died, he has been glorified and vilified countless times. The reaction last Wednesday night was immediate and overwhelming, from President Obama to former foe Bill Gates. The Wall Street Journal gave Jobs its full six columns above the fold. The Vatican daily ran Jobs’ obituary on page one—a rare feat for a … Read more