I got hold of Eugene Jarecki, an acclaimed activist and documentary filmmaker, during a screening of his newest project, The House I Live In, at the JFK Jr. Forum. Alive with enthusiasm about correcting the problems of drug prohibition, he scoffed at time limits and spoke at length with us about the war he’s waging … Read more
For me, the best part of the State of the Union coverage was Rubio’s response. With speeches delivered in English and Spanish, he outlined a cogent, passionate, positive conservative vision that speaks to the problems facing ordinary Americans in a way that the GOP message machine has been sorely lacking of late. He managed to … Read more
Stanford has begun using the flipped classroom model, an inversion of the conventional model where the instructor teaches at home through recorded videos, and has students do “homework” in the classroom. The advantage of this is that professors can individually work with students in the classroom and students can collaborate in-person easily. At Stanford, Professors … Read more
Following election night 2012, most political news stories about American-Israel relations focused on the seeming failure of Sheldon Adelson to use massive political donations to change Jewish voting patterns. Meanwhile, a very different voice for the Jewish community was celebrating an incredible success story. J Street, a progressive Jewish organization focused on pushing for U.S. … Read more
In June, shortly before his official visit to Shanghai, Russian president Vladimir Putin published a lengthy article promoting Sino-Russian cooperation on economics, energy and international security. Such a partnership is perceived as a nightmarish prospect for Western geopolitical interests. Indeed, the two countries have made a recent point of obstructing Western initiatives in international organizations: … Read more
This is why I’m writing a science policy column for the HPR: 95 weekly science sections in newspapers in 1989, 34 in 2005, 19 in 2012. Newspapers once wore science sections as a symbol of pride – everybody knew that they didn’t make money, so having one of good quality meant that your paper was successful, … Read more
While researching for her biography All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell spent months in Afghanistan with General Petraeus, then-commander of the International Security Assistance Force, to fully understand America’s most prominent general of the last decade. The now-infamous affair that ensued between Broadwell and her subject during that time shed new … Read more
While researching for her biography All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, Paula Broadwell spent months in Afghanistan with General Petraeus, then-commander of the International Security Assistance Force, to fully understand America’s most prominent general of the last decade. The now-infamous affair that ensued between Broadwell and her subject during that time shed new … Read more
Despite our 2012 presidential debates devolving into mud-slinging over the intricacies of each candidate’s tax plan, the conversation stemming from the election did little to advance tax policy in the United States. Namely, for all of the discussion of closing tax loopholes, both candidates failed to significantly address the source of one of our most … Read more
Elite colleges have begun to take a special interest in their students’ career choices, choosing to promote careers in public service. The inspiration behind such efforts is eloquently expressed by former Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh, who stated “Excellence alone without humanity is worthless.” Yet, at elite universities around the country, jobs in public service … Read more