It doesn’t take an expert to know that the American economy is less than healthy. As the United States suffers from sluggish growth and bloated budgets, the prognosis looks pretty bleak. In light of this, our leaders in Washington have discussed various remedies to cure our broken economy in the short and medium term. What … Read more
Earlier this month, perhaps the most scientifically significant discovery of the century thus far took place: scientists found the God Particle. The news was all over the Internet, television, and papers worldwide. Finding the God Particle has even been hailed as the biggest breakthrough since the discovery of DNA. Surprisingly, however, few outside scientific and … Read more
“How can you be a Republican vegetarian?” It’s a question I get asked a lot. And since the two do not seem that discordant to me, I find it difficult to answer. It’s like trying to answer “Why are you an arachnophobic Jew?” I hate spiders and I was bat-mitzvahed. By the way, I also … Read more
Graduation was quickly approaching, and after Will Leiter ’10 completed his thesis, no immediate threats loomed on the horizon. Though he wanted to enter politics and return to northern California, beyond that the future was uncertain. Leiter, currently a legislative aide for a California state senator, tells the HPR, “I’d counsel current seniors to not … Read more
The HPR is staffed by Harvard College students from across the political spectrum, and seeks to provide thoughtful analysis of important issues in campus, domestic, and world politics. In addition to being a quarterly periodical and web publication, the HPR is a platform for political thought, and so from time to time publishes work from … Read more
Forget the moon. Despite the fact that former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was eying statehood beyond the stratosphere, there are far more, very real possibilities for expanding the Union here on Earth. And these changes could be coming within the next year. This November, perhaps more exciting than the prospect of a new president is … Read more
When the Dutch government proposed a law last fall designed to severely restrict dual citizenship, some were quick to declare the start of a European trend, spurred by the increasingly heated political rhetoric surrounding immigration. Despite efforts in the Netherlands, many countries in Europe, Latin America, and other countries as diverse as the Philippines and … Read more
Newsweek-Daily Beast has been worse than usual lately. It’s no secret the news magazine and Web site tandem has been struggling, but its decline under Editor-in-Chief Tina Brown has become startlingly steep. Three major flaws come to mind. Empty commentary. For a national news organization, Newsweek-Daily Beast has amateurish standards for its opinion pieces. One … Read more
In these trying times for Nepal, the reputation of the country’s Prime Minister, Baburam Bhattarai, has faced mounting strain. Over the past two months, as Nepal’s Constituent Assembly buckled empty-handed under him, Bhattarai has taken an onslaught of attacks to quit from the opposition, the political media, and his own party. So far he has … Read more
In these trying times for Nepal, the reputation of the country’s Prime Minister, Baburam Bhattarai, has faced mounting strain. Over the past two months, as Nepal’s Constituent Assembly buckled empty-handed under him, Bhattarai has taken an onslaught of attacks to quit from the opposition, the political media, and his own party. So far he has … Read more