The Harvard Salient -- 26 October 2006

Turning Over a New Leaf

The things we should be thankful for

It would seem that these days, truly conservative commentary is so often focused with the negative. And surely, there is plenty of negative to comment upon: a Congress controlled by the Democratic Party, a supposedly conservative President that has lost control of the situation in Iraq and gotten lost himself amidst the milieu of corruption and scandal, and countless other moral ills stemming from society's liberal attitudes towards order and justice.

In such a melancholy atmosphere, we thought it high time to talk about some of the good things that are going on around us. Surely, as we approach this Thanksgiving holiday, conservatives at Harvard and around the nation have plenty to be thankful for. For one, the outcomes of the election last week were certainly not all bad, as Brian Bolduc explains in his piece on affirmative action at the University of Michigan. Publisher Chris Lacaria vouches for the value of family in the face of an ever-superficial world; and Jeff Kwong concludes with a piece on a few of the encouraging trends in society.

We hope that as you go home to celebrate Thanksgiving with your families, you'll keep in mind that as gloomy as the world looks, there are a few things to be encouraged by.