New York Times blogger Nate Silver, who correctly predicted all 50 states in the 2012 presidential election, has released his own forecast for the 85th Academy Awards. He has done this twice before, in 2009 and 2011, with a 75% success rate. He’s only 2 out of 4 right now with 2 major categories left, which … Read more
The political campaign that will culminate in the election of a new Italian legislative and executive on February 24-25 has not been about programs and reforms. As tax fraud and mafia are crippling the country’s capacity to rebound, political candidates have entertained the electorate in a farce centered on squabbles and spites. Even though the … Read more
On September 20th, 2012, Aleph Jiménez Rodríguez went missing. He was the spokesperson for the Ensenada, Baja California division of the Mexican student movement #YoSoy132. He had been one of 20 students arrested a few days earlier for protesting alleged electoral fraud in the July presidential elections. The rumor of Jiménez’s disappearance spread quickly on … Read more
How patriotic is too patriotic? I asked myself this question last week while reading an article in National Review on the Camarillo High School incident. If you troll the conservative blogosphere, you know what I’m talking about. If, like most Cantabrigians, you don’t, here’s a clip from NR summarizing the event: Four California high-school students … Read more
This year’s State of the Union opened with words from the last century: “The Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task to report the State of the Union-to improve it is the task of us all.” Here, Barack Obama echoes John F. Kennedy’s eloquent call for unity and … Read more
This year’s State of the Union opened with words from the last century: “The Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task to report the State of the Union-to improve it is the task of us all.” Here, Barack Obama echoes John F. Kennedy’s eloquent call for unity and … Read more
Until the election-night surprise of Yair Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid party’s second-place finish, a different canonical story dominated the coverage of Israel’s 2013 election season. In late 2012, domestic and international outlets seized upon the rise of Naftali Bennett, whose clean-shaven, high-tech image recast national-religious annexationism as the new cool among young conservatives. Unfortunately, more … Read more
Last Thursday’s New York Times long-form piece, “Can the Republicans Be Saved From Obsolescence?,” is a good read, even if it doesn’t present anything unexpected. GOP intransigence and policy are costing the party votes, and so is its outdated electioneering, the piece says. Robert Draper, the author, touches on the Democratic campaign edge in all … Read more
Fisher v. Texas, a recent Supreme Court case, has brought the topic of affirmative action once again to the forefront of the nation’s consciousness. Plaintiff Abigail Fisher sued the University of Texas-Austin in 2008, claiming that racial preferences in the admissions process led to her rejection. As a leading actor on the issue, Harvard College … Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOZ73C06vo8&width=665 The staff of the Harvard Political Review had its own watch party on the night of February 12, 2013, when President gave another State of the Union speech in front of a joint session of Congress. In this video, some members of the staff give their own reactions to the speech and share their … Read more