In today’s Crimson, Dhruv Singhal takes on First Lady Michelle Obama, mocking her “seizure-inducing inanities” and the media’s obsession with her fashion choices. First, let me say that his criticisms of the political media are entirely valid. All the coverage of Obama’s fashion is unnecessary. Dhruv calls this coverage “objectifying scrutiny of her every fashion … Read more
7:15pm. I’m sitting here watching folks shuffle out of the room. Maybe it was just the jitteriness of the audience or the fact that I’m prone to get sentimental about things like this, but I have to admit, I was moved. It’s almost unsettling. Cantor claims that Republicans are the party of creation and of … Read more
In today’s Crimson, the editorial staff rules on the 300 likely letters that the College will send out to select members of this year’s senior class. Its main objection is to the fact that roughly two-thirds of the letters go to recruited athletes. Instead, the board believes that they should “give equal weight to a … Read more
This past weekend at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee Convention, the notorious first straw poll of the 2012 Presidential campaign. Not surprisingly, Ron Paul won for the second time in as many years, getting 30% of the mostly young and libertarian-leaning crowd’s vote. Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, came in second with 23% … Read more
There are some issues about which we talk too much and do not listen enough. The presence or absence of ROTC on the Harvard campus is one of these issues. This blog alone has gone back and forth on whether ROTC should come back, and there has been ample disagreement between the right and the … Read more
10 all-star professors from diverse fields come together at Sanders Theater for the second Harvard Thinks Big event, because as host Peter Davis ’12 puts it, “ideas and the pursuit of them .. are at the center of the Harvard experience”. Here are some of the best parts. 8:09 Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, takes … Read more
Long-shot presidential candidates face numerous hurdles when it comes to mounting a credible campaign for their party’s nomination. Considering the name-brand advantage enjoyed by some of candidates for next year’s Republican primaries, and the fact that none of the big names have announced their 2012 plans, making the decision to jump into the race is … Read more
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroy ourselves” remarked Alan West (R-FL), quoting President Lincoln at the 2011 Conservative Political Action conference. CPAC, the largest annual gathering of conservatives in Washington D.C. each year, is a time for conservatives to gather, … Read more
During the last election cycle, it seemed that social issues took a backseat to economic issues. While abortion and other related issues were not totally ignored, the poor state of the economy and the furor over health care occupied the majority of the electorate’s focus. One notable exception was the great fight over funding of … Read more
Planned Parenthood has recently caused quite a stir in the portions of the blogosphere which classify themselves as “pro-life.” Blogger Thomas Peters has highlighted a series of undercover investigations by a pro-life group, LiveAction. LiveAction members, disguised as pimps and sex traffickers, have produced footage demonstrating that they received offers of help from local Planned Parenthood employees … Read more