As a member of the audience for the panel discussion on challenges facing the US and Mexico, I really enjoyed the discussion on the drug war and its implications for public policy. Moderated by Harvard Law School Professor Phillip Heymann, there was plenty of discussion about the implications of sustained violence and drug trafficking from what … Read more
Dylan Matthews has a well-meaning but ultimately misguided column in today’s Crimson arguing for compulsory voting. Let’s start with what Dylan gets right. He is absolutely right about this: “One reason why higher economic classes’ interests are so overrepresented in government is that rich people vote at disproportionately high rates, and poor people vote at … Read more
This is a running argument between conservative Adam Kern and libertarian Sarah Siskind. Previous entries can be found after the jump in reverse chronological order. Part 8 — Adam Kern First I would like to thank all our readers for paying us their attention. It is an honor to have it, and that’s something both … Read more
Inspired by the ongoing debate between my colleagues Adam Kern and Sarah Siskind concerning libertarianism and public goods, this is the introduction and the first installment of a multi-part series on various libertarian theories concerning government and the provision of public goods. Or, alternatively, the role of government in a free society. Debates can often … Read more
This post is in response to a letter to the editor found in today’s Harvard Crimson. In response to our recent Crimson editorial, “Reclaiming Goldstone’s Missed Opportunity,” Abdelnasser Rashid writes today that “[i]n fact, Goldstone did not retract the most damning accusations of the more than 500-page report.” He dubs our characterization of Goldstone’s op-ed … Read more
Many critics, including some of my Harvard colleagues, have pointed out the hypocritical and McCarthy-ite nature of Rep. Peter King‘s recent hearings on radicalization within the American Islamic community. Mr. King has decided to jump on the bandwagon by joining in the increasingly common practice of alerting Americans to the newly-discovered threat of “homegrown terrorism.” … Read more
As part of the 2011 Science & Democracy Lecture Series, NY Times columnist David Brooks delivered a lecture titled “Politics, the Brain, and Human Nature” at the Graduate School of Design on April 12, 2011. Panelists included HBS Professor Max H. Bazerman, HLS Professor David Kennedy, and Psychology Professor Steven Pinker. Brooks argues, as in … Read more
Harvard Talks Politics is your guide to the most important online political content Harvard has to offer. Don’t have time to pick up a copy of The Independent? Don’t know which opinion pieces to read in The Crimson? Want to know what The Perspective and The Salient have to say on the big issues? The Harvard Political Reviewhas you covered. … Read more
In yesterday’s Crimson, it was reported that changes could be in store for the Optional Winter Activities Week (OWAW), following a presentation by Dean of the College Evelynn Hammonds in a recent faculty meeting. These potential reforms have been proposed in light of the mixed results of the College’s winter vacation survey. Of the 924 … Read more
Harvard Talks Politics is your guide to the most important online political content Harvard has to offer. Don’t have time to pick up a copy of The Independent? Don’t know which opinion pieces to read in The Crimson? Want to know what The Perspective and The Salient have to say on the big issues? The Harvard Political Review has you … Read more