Hanna Rosin is the author of The End of Men: And the Rise of Women and a national correspondent at The Atlantic. Harvard Political Review: In your book The End of Men, you discuss the idea that the modern world and economy is better suited towards women. Do you, and if you do, how do … Read more
Suppose I pitched you a blog called, “The Ugly, Uneducated, and Morally Unsophisticated Women of OKCupid Who Don’t Deserve To Have Sex With Me.” Per the title, I would search OKCupid (a dating site) for women I judged to be insufficiently fit, according to my exacting sexual standards, and then I would post their profile … Read more
From 1986 to 1989, the Kurds of Iraq suffered through one of the grizzliest genocides in human history. It was the First Gulf War, and Saddam Hussein was executing his al-Anfal campaign –a psychopathic bid to rid an ethnically fractured nation of its ‘Kurdish problem.’ Through the use of chemical weapons, the ‘concentration’ of Kurds … Read more
Beijing has always been good at being ‘off the charts.’ Anyone who has observed China’s remarkable economic growth or watched the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics can attest to this fact. Recent air pollution readings coming out of Beijing keep in step with this tradition. At 8 p.m, on January 12th, Beijing’s Air Quality … Read more
At a 2008 campaign event, Senator Barack Obama responded to the perennial conservative impulse to make English the official language of the United States: “Instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English — they’ll learn English — you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish. You should be thinking about, how can … Read more
Max Weber described the state as the entity which has a monopoly on the use of physical force in a given territory. Police forces and armies exercise this force, and other entities can only do so if granted that ability by the state. The state’s legitimacy, in Weber’s analysis, derives from its ability to maintain … Read more
Claims and Concerns The South China Sea has long been a flashpoint for regional rivalries and tensions. Subject to a range of competing territorial claims—including from Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan, the South China Sea is at the nexus of competing and converging interests. Through these contested waters flows over one-third of world … Read more
Dan Gross is President of the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence, a national organization dedicated to preventing gun violence with increased gun control and regulation. Before joining the Brady Campaign, Gross founded and directed the Center to Prevent Youth Violence, building it into one of the largest gun violence prevention organizations in the U.S. Harvard Political … Read more
The time is now to consider how the United States prepares its young generations for future success. The statistic most referenced by politicians and the media is our steep national debt. Can future generations maintain America’s economic dynamism and political leadership with such a pernicious financial burden hanging over them? The question is valid and … Read more
Presently, the War on Drugs faces crisis. The United States has thrown more money at restricting drug flows than any other nation, and yet continues to suffer high drug use rates. Despite the Obama administration’s rhetorical efforts to adjust the U.S. approach on drugs, our primary focus remains on interdiction and law enforcement. These strategies … Read more