Ahmed Maher, (born 2 December 1980 in Alexandria), is one of the co-founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, and a prominent participant in the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt in 2011. Maher is a civil engineer who works for a construction firm in New Cairo. Maher attempted to organize several demonstrations after April 2008. However, … Read more
Warped Passages Lisa Randall Ecco. 512 pp. $27.95. Einstein was legendarily larger-than-life. He revolutionized modern physics while employed as a clerk in a patent office in Switzerland. He was photogenic in a silly sort of way, setting the prototype for the twentieth century’s depiction of mad science. He was quotable: “only two things are … Read more
Many complain of the lack of direction of Occupy movements across the country. Let me submit an idea: if the protesters want to make a real difference, they should work to give “the 99%,” for whom they purport to speak, a chance to speak for themselves at the polls. The outcome of the 2012 elections … Read more
A good leftist friend of mine recently suggested that there are “two good reasons” for occupying Harvard Yard — and that the occupiers had, sadly, “chosen the wrong one.” I was intrigued. For the question bearing down on me (on all of us), is why, one week later, is Occupy Harvard so unpopular? Why has … Read more
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Dear President Faust, My name is Duncan Kennedy and I am a professor at the Law School. I’m writing with a suggestion and a comment on how the administration, through the Harvard University Police, is handling the Occupy Harvard protest movement. My suggestion is that it would be a good idea, supposing that the University … Read more
Harvard Yard was not locked down in response to Occupations of Harvard Yard in protest of apartheid and the Vietnam war or during the 2001 Living Wage Campaign. We share the frustration of fellow students over the administration’s decision Wednesday night to post police at the gates and restrict entry and exit for everyone, including … Read more
This article is part of a collaboration between the Harvard Political Review and the Harvard College Tech Review to publish exceptional writing at the intersection of politics and technology. Visit the HCTR here. When technology advances, the law often struggles to keep up. In 1983, the Supreme Court ruled in U.S. v. Knotts that “A … Read more
On July 28, Ollanta Humala was inaugurated as the 94th president of Peru. The victory did not come easily; he beat Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, by less then 2 percent of the vote. Further, Humala had to overcome baggage from his previous attempts for the presidency, most recently in 2006, … Read more
After a last-minute agreement with congressional leaders this August, President Obama signed into law the Budget Control Act, averting a debt ceiling breach. As part of the deal, the President consented to the creation of a bipartisan “super committee,” charged with slashing $1.5 trillion from America’s ever-swelling deficit. With Congress unable to resolve its fiscal differences, … Read more