Matt Shuham ’15, Covers Editor, discusses the reasons behind selecting this issue’s cover topic, the Future of Conservatism, and some highlight articles to look out for in this issue. You can access additional content by subscribing to our YouTube channel and visiting our iTunes page. Editing and Production by Jenny Choi Interview by Colin Diersing Music by Dylan … Read more
Since the Anti-Federalist papers of 1787-88, politicians have criticized one of the quirkiest Constitutional provisions, the Electoral College. Following President Obama’s 2012 victory, Republicans in five states continued this tradition by proposing a new method to allocate their state’s electoral votes. Instead of “winner take all,” where the winner of a state’s popular vote receives … Read more
David Keene is the president of the National Rifleman’s Association. He is the former chairman of the American Conservative Union. Harvard Political Review: The National Rifleman’s Association has placed a significant amount of blame for gun violence on what executive vice president Wayne LaPierre has called “a callous, corrupt, and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and … Read more
When Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s now infamous 2010 remarks were widely published in January, the world questioned whether he still believed that Israelis were the “descendants of apes and pigs.” A more pertinent question, though, may be whether these statements represented the beliefs of the organization that helped bring Morsi to power. For if these … Read more
“Football is on trial. But because I believe in the game, I will do all I can to save it.” -Teddy Roosevelt, 1905 Football is a uniquely American sport, for the spectacle, strategy, and violent struggle of the game. Now, though, Teddy Roosevelt’s words ring truer than ever, as football finds itself on trial from … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I worked really hard on my Conservative Victory Project, but the Tea Partiers accused me of attacking my own party. All I want is a future with more Republicans in office. What should I do? CONFUSED KARL DEAR CONFUSED: Don’t give up now! Financing electable Republicans is a great first step, but even … Read more
On April 22, 1993, the launch of the first graphical Web browser signaled the birth of the commercial Web and by the late ‘90s, investors felt the Internet was old enough to learn to walk. A few cautious investments in Web-based startups, however, soon transitioned into impulsive speculation. Investors poured millions of dollars into companies … Read more
“Vote Yes on 1 for Harvard’s UC Election: Divest From Fossil Fuels!” “Vote Yes to a Social Choice Fund, Referendum #3!” Leading up to the November 18 Undergraduate Council election, slogans such as these were plastered over campus and the Internet, encouraging students to vote yes on two important referendums: Divest Harvard, led by the … Read more
“Memory takes a lot of poetic license,” Tennessee Williams wrote in the stage directions of his most famous “memory play,” The Glass Menagerie. “It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches, for memory is seated predominantly in the heart.” When The Glass Menagerie was first performed … Read more
I’ve been as Republican as a Republican can be. I grew up a Republican. I’ve voted for Republican candidates, interned for a Republican Congressman, and worked for a Republican presidential campaign. But I no longer count myself as a member of the GOP, and it’s not because I’m afraid of what people at Harvard think. … Read more