The Campaign for Change

Students canvass for Senators Obama and McCain

By Aleksandra Karabasevic & Sara B. Towne

“Youth” and “activism,” though hundreds of pages apart in the dictionary, are historically closely linked. Read more

Defending Life

The pro-life cause rests on reason

By Christopher W. Jensen

In early October, members of Harvard Right to Life put up a two-day display outside the Science Center. Read more

October 27, 2008

The Thought Police

Hate crime laws are inherently unjust

By Kevin M. Neylan

October 12, 2008 marked the tenth anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard, a twenty-one-year-old gay college student, near the town of Laramie, Wyoming. Shepard’s murderers were motivated principally by his homosexuality. Read more

The Significance of Joe the Plumber

Senator Obama’s tax policies threaten an American principle

By Peyton R. Miller

If we remember anything from the final presidential debate, it will be that Barack Obama thinks the government should “spread the wealth around,” while McCain wants to let businessmen, such as Joe the plumber, keep the wealth they have accrued. Read more

Scalia’s Sensible Jurisprudence

Originalism should reign on the Supreme Court

By Gregory A. DiBella

In a lecture at the Harvard Law School on October 2, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia offered a vigorous defense of originalism, a theory of constitutional interpretation which holds that the Constitution provides a set of principles and established meaning that do not change over time. Read more

Outside the Log Cabin

LGBT activists continue a tired cause

By Rachel L. Wagley

Log Cabin Republicans” used to conjure up images of Abraham Lincoln, sitting in his Illinois home and drinking hot cider by the fire. Read more

Real Choice

Feminists should respect stay-at-home moms

By Michael W. McLean

For feminists, there is only one choice for a young woman: work. Read more

These Flags Represent

Reflections on the Cemetery of the Innocents

By Jacob A. Weatherly

It’s 10 A.M. on Monday, October 6, 2008. Read more

Time of Transition

An interview with IOP Fellows Alex Castellanos and Tom Vilsack

By Anthony J. Bonilla

They are the political giants who walk the halls of the Kennedy School of Government: the Institute of Politics Fellows. Read more

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