“In Wonder all Philosophy began: in Wonder it ends: and Admiration fills up the interspace. But the first Wonder is the offspring of Ignorance: the last is the parent of Adoration. The first is the birth-throe of our knowledge: the last is its euthanasy and apotheosis.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aphorism IX, Aids to Reflection Language, … Read more
Associate World Editor Rachael Hanna sits down with Fall 2014 IOP Fellow Frank Fahrenkopf to discuss his experience as former chairman of the Republican National Committee. Frank Fahrenkopf’s IOP study group, called “Can Congressional Bi-Partisanship be Rejuvenated?” takes place on Thursdays from 4:00-5:30pm in the FDR room. You can access additional content by subscribing … Read more
In just a few weeks, the holy mess that is student elections will consume many of Harvard’s largest organizations. Whether it’s called running or applying or shooting, elections find ambitious students in their most restless attempts at innovation and creativity. Familiar buzzwords like “change,” “diversity,” and “community,” unsurprisingly resurface to fill the brisk autumn air … Read more
As the weather turns colder and the leaves begin to burn bright red and yellow, we are reminded of the many joys of the fall season: delicious apples, Halloween, and the incessant political ads that plague our airwaves. Since the Citizens United decision in 2010 paved the way for corporate sponsorship of political campaigns, elections … Read more
Sanjay Gupta, assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, is best known as CNN’s chief medical correspondent, work for which he has received multiple Emmy awards. Gupta spoke with the Harvard Political Review during a visit to the Harvard … Read more
DC Comics recently announced that a Wonder Woman movie will come out in 2017. While this news is exciting for feminists, comic book fans, and moviegoers, this movie announcement should illuminate the broader problem of diversity representation in superhero movies. Despite the fact that Wonder Woman ranks number five in IGN’s list of the “Top … Read more
“We know how to deal with them,” said Vice President Joe Biden on the issue of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant earlier this month at the Harvard Institute of Politics. The United States has dealt with many terrorist organizations in the past, and ISIL is merely the latest iteration, he said. Though … Read more
It was about six years ago that I first realized that I was a Muslim living in the West. My seventh grade class was embarking on the standard American pilgrimage to Disney World from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. I was among the last of us to pass through the metal detector, and as I crossed … Read more
Our rapidly urbanized world has become a much discussed subject in recent years: more than half of the world’s population today lives in cities. By 2050, 20 percent more will be added to the percentage. Urban populations typically increase in three ways: natural growth, migration, and reclassification of rural to urban area. The United Nations … Read more
For years, American scholars have boasted the steadily rising number of young adults attending college. In 1973, according to the Pew Research Center, only 24 percent of American citizens were enrolled in college, while 15.7 percent of the population had dropped out of high school; by 2008, the number of college students had risen to … Read more