Hating Palin

Liberals find a new bogeyman

By G. Shannon Schaubroeck

We love Sarah Palin—our moose-huntin’, hope-bluntin’ GOP nominee,” runs the chorus of a recently posted YouTube video, written and produced by the Harvard Democrats. Read more

Conservatives Try Comedy

An American Carol offers more sermons than laughs

By Jordan A. Monge

Director David Zucker tackles Hollywood’s knee-jerk liberalism in his newly released comedy, An American Carol. Read more

Battle at the Ballot Box

By The Editors

These are sad times for conservatives in the United States. Read more

The End of the American Dream

By Ryan M. McCaffrey ‘07

Harvard College was founded in 1636 primarily for training Puritan ministers. Read more

October 27, 2008

October 27, 2008

The Financial Crisis Starts at Home

Americans’ spending splurge must end

By Amelia M. Mango

In the flurry of proposals for fixing the present economic crisis, I’ve heard little discussion of one of the deeper issues facing Americans today: the inability to live within our means. Read more

Falling off the Seesaw

An overemphasis on race backfires

By Kevin M. Neylan

However much my entryway and I en­joyed “Community Conversations,” it was despite the assigned readings and not because of them. In particular, the first reading, “Choosing to be Black—The Ultimate White Privilege?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum, promoted a series of as­sumptions and attitudes that are inherently flawed. Read more

The Committee on Unfinished Business

Task forces push paper in University Hall

By Aleksandra Karabasevic and Naveen N. Srivatsa

Stephen Greenblatt, the chairman of Harvard’s Task Force on the Arts, recently e-mailed the student body, asking for their thoughts on “ways to make the practice and study of the arts a more integral and prominent part of the University’s mission.” While the chairman’s overtures are welcome, University President Drew Gilpin Faust created the task force on November 1, 2007—almost an entire year ago. What took so long? Read more

New Politics, but Same Old Taxes

An Obama presidency would be a heavy burden on the economy

By Peyton R. Miller

Barack Obama claims to be the candidate of “change.” He advocates a “new politics” that abandons Washington’s cutthroat environment in favor of bipartisanship. In fairness, his thin record indicates some willingness to cross the aisle, albeit not nearly to the extent which John McCain has. But on the economy, which is likely to be the defining issue of the 2008 election, Obama in no way advocates a “new politics,” but a redistributive, protectionist mindset typical of the Democratic Party. Read more

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