Giving Thanks for Dual Citizenship

By Roger G. Waite

I am no fan of judicial activism, but I more than willing to admit when it has done me a good turn. Read more

Giving Thanks for Culturally-Sustainable Food

By P. Justin Rossi

In a few short days, many of us will take a brief hiatus from the rigors and recreation of college life to visit hearth and home—to rejoin our families and to celebrate that quintessential of American holidays, Thanksgiving. Read more

Giving Thanks for Baroque Art

By Christopher B. Lacaria 

Before the election, a friend pointed out to me that Barack Obama’s first name sounds almost identical to the British pronunciation of “Baroque.” Read more

Giving Thanks for an End to this Endless Campaign

By Christopher W. Jensen

Since I am one of the few conservatives at Harvard, a lot of people asked me how I felt about the election. Read more

Giving Thanks for a Smaller Piece of the Pie

By Kevin M. Neylan

If I were to rank my favorite Thanksgiving traditions, the list would look as follows: large family gatherings, the Dallas Cowboys, turkey, and my Aunt Louise’s incredibly comfortable living room couch. Read more

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

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

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