Former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee had one of his only opportunities of the 2016 campaign to make a name for himself at last week’s Democratic Debate on CNN. In the shadow of the Clinton-Sanders battle, and with poll numbers hovering around one percent, Chafee had nothing to lose and everything to gain. At … Read more
You might think little has changed in the state affairs of the Democratic primary race if you watched the post-debate coverage on CNN. The news agency, which hosted the debate in conjunction with Facebook at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, largely portrayed the night as a successful one for Hillary Clinton, reaffirming her status … Read more
This is part of a two-part series on the 2015 Canadian elections. To view the other article by Sarah Wu, click here. When the Stephen Harper was elected prime minister in 2006, he defeated a distrusted Liberal Party administration beleaguered by scandal. He promised, above all, that the “time for accountability has arrived.” Today, it … Read more
This is part of a two-part series on the 2015 Canadian elections. To view the other article by Conor Healy, click here. While the American presidential campaign is only just beginning, Canada’s longest federal campaign season since 1872 will draw to a close on Monday. This year’s controversially protracted federal campaign of a whopping 78 … Read more
This is part of a two-part series on the 2015 Canadian elections. To view the other article by Sarah Wu, click here. When the Stephen Harper was elected prime minister in 2006, he defeated a distrusted Liberal Party administration beleaguered by scandal. He promised, above all, that the “time for accountability has arrived.” Today, it … Read more
Several hot-button issues were on agenda for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to the United States: cyber security, nuclear policy, and climate change, to name a few. An Ancient Greek academic would seem to have no place at a table set with such 21st-century issues. Yet, the fourth-century BCE historian Thucydides holds relevance in … Read more
In an interview with talk show host Laura Ingraham, Rand Paul decided to singlehandedly change history. “I think assimilation is an amazing thing,” Senator Paul stated. “A good example of how, even in our country, assimilation didn’t happen—and it has been a disaster for the people—has been the Native American population on the reservations. If … Read more
With each passing day, the Bihari electoral battlefield intensifies. Candidate-soldiers continue to stack their arsenals with political weaponry—in-depth demographic data, jingoistic slogans, and mudslinging campaigns. Impassioned and ingrained with dogma, each team trudges to the battlefield, vying for victory in the Hindi Heartland. Headlines emphasize the stakes: control of Bihar is crucial in the war … Read more
With a comatose swiftness, I shut off my chiming alarm to prevent my roommate from waking up. It was 6 a.m., an hour unknown to most Harvard students, except perhaps athletes and the most ardent of partiers. I crept to my part-time job where I would perform mindless tasks until my 9 a.m. class every … Read more
With each passing day, the Bihari electoral battlefield intensifies. Candidate-soldiers continue to stack their arsenals with political weaponry—in-depth demographic data, jingoistic slogans, and mudslinging campaigns. Impassioned and ingrained with dogma, each team trudges to the battlefield, vying for victory in the Hindi Heartland. Headlines emphasize the stakes: control of Bihar is crucial in the war … Read more