Oprah Winfrey has an impressive resume by anyone’s standards. She was the supervising producer and host for The Oprah Winfrey Show, which ran for 25 years and was the highest-rated TV talk show in television history, and is now the owner and producer of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. She has won an Academy Award, a … Read more
Four years ago, the GOP primary race was effectively over at this stage of the campaign. In 2012, it’s not even half way there. In 2008, Senator John McCain swept the 21 Super Tuesday states, winning most of the delegates and effectively locking down the nomination. This year, the biggest date in the primary calendar … Read more
The French government announced last week that it would drop the title “Mademoiselle” from all its official documents. Solidarity Minister Roselyne Bachelot claimed in support of the measure that the move would “end a form of discrimination.” All women, married or not, would henceforth use only the title “Madame,” just as all French men … Read more
A conversation with Wael Nawara, Egyptian writer and activist. He was a co-founder of El Ghad Party (2003) and Secretary General of the Party until April 2011. Wael is also co-founder and president of the Network of Arab Liberals (NAL), a coalition of Arab liberal parties and organizations. He is the author of several books. … Read more
A few weeks ago, I got an invitation from the Harvard Undergraduate Research Association to join the Science Table. The table bills itself as a “revolution against procrastination.” Students can simultaneously check their problem sets and eat—not wasting precious moments of the day on non-instrumental activity. Still, HURA’s homework table is actually not much different … Read more
Some Harvard students spend their weekends on problem sets and too-hastily-composed response papers. Ben Zauzmer, a freshman, recently attracted the attention of several major newspapers by putting his mathematical mettle to the test in predicting the 2012 Academy Awards winners. His formula that draws from Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic ratings, previous BAFTA and Golden Globe wins since 2001, … Read more
This interview was originally published on May 11, 2010. Andrew Breitbart died Thursday morning. He was 43. Tea Party Supporter and Media Critic Andrew Breitbart Andrew Breitbart is a conservative political commentator and the founder of an online media empire: Breitbart.com, breitbart.tv, Big Hollywood, Big Government, and Big Journalism. He has also worked for the … Read more
This interview was originally published on May 11, 2010. Andrew Breitbart died Thursday morning. He was 43. Tea Party Supporter and Media Critic Andrew Breitbart Andrew Breitbart is a conservative political commentator and the founder of an online media empire: Breitbart.com, breitbart.tv, Big Hollywood, Big Government, and Big Journalism. He has also worked for the … Read more