The recent protests at Emory University over the comments of James W. Wagner, the school’s president, have sparked a debate on the New York Times Web site that asks the question: was the three-fifths compromise in the Constitution really as necessary as we are taught? Still not intrigued? One of the arguments is titled: “The Union Wasn’t … Read more
It is President Obama’s favorite television show. It has accumulated dozens of awards in just its first two seasons, including Golden Globes for best male and female lead and best drama. Despite all this praise and endorsement, a sobering fact remains. Homeland’s bad guys, the terrorists threatening the United States, are all Muslims. Homeland is addicting. I subscribed … Read more
This interview was originally featured in the Spring 1989 edition of the Harvard Political Review. Former president Reagan has returned to his home state of California where he will devote himself to writing his Presidential memoirs and assembling his papers for the Reagan Memorial Library. What follows are the President’s answers to a series of questions submitted … Read more
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who is testifying before Congress this week in defense of the Fed’s monetary easing practices, will speak at Princeton University’s Baccalaureate ceremony in June. Princeton Economics Professor Alan Blinder is excited to hear his former colleague speak, but adds: “The only problem is that he got his education at Harvard,” Blinder said, … Read more
Interesting news out of the Yahoo HR Department yesterday regarding a memo discouraging employees from working remotely. It sounds like the new policy will mostly affect employees that work remotely full-time, but the wording of the memo also seems to indicate that teleworking for normally on-site employees is something to be avoided: To become the … Read more
C. Everett Koop, perhaps America’s most famous surgeon general, passed away on Monday, February 25. Obituaries in all of America’s major newspapers highlighted Koop’s numerous accomplishments, controversial public health initiatives, and most of all his political courage in standing up for convictions that were unpopular with the administration that appointed him. Regrettably, the same cannot … Read more
Interesting news out of the Yahoo HR Department yesterday regarding a memo discouraging employees from working remotely. It sounds like the new policy will mostly affect employees that work remotely full-time, but the wording of the memo also seems to indicate that teleworking for normally on-site employees is something to be avoided: To become the … Read more
NPR has just put up its March Madness bracket—only it’s for the Vatican, not the NCAA. Go ahead and vote, if you feel so inclined. I’m looking forward to finding out who’s among the Elite Ecclesiasts.
Though cardinals are supposed to vote based on divine inspiration, voting for the pope has always been secular. Lots of factors come into play, and without polls for the likes of Nate Silver to work their magic on, it’s anybody’s guess as to whose coming next. While I don’t plan to contribute to the one … Read more
C. Everett Koop, perhaps America’s most famous surgeon general, passed away on Monday, February 25. Obituaries in all of America’s major newspapers highlighted Koop’s numerous accomplishments, controversial public health initiatives, and most of all his political courage in standing up for convictions that were unpopular with the administration that appointed him. Regrettably, the same cannot … Read more