Allaura Osborne, Author at Harvard Political Review

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Weighing In: The Great Tax Debate

Allaura Osborne - April 11, 2010

The Great Tax Debate begins every year in the blogosphere around April 15th. On the line are normative claims, like whether and to what...

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The White House Seder

Allaura Osborne - March 27, 2010

Shocking new evidence that Obama is secretly a Muslim: he's hosting a Passover seder at the White House! Seriously though, this Times article about the...

World

The End of a Leftist Era

Allaura Osborne - March 23, 2010

Why Chile’s new conservative leader isn’t much of a change.

Uncategorized

Heath Care Closing Arguments

Allaura Osborne - March 21, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/v/sZBpVcSjixs&feature This is the last part of Obama's closing argument for health care reform to the House. It's rather stirring. I've always regarded the heath...

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Rape Is Not Ambiguous

Allaura Osborne - March 10, 2010

NPR News has an excellent article up this week on the persistence of rape and sexual violence on college campuses. In honor of Women's...

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Reconciliation Is Not An "Abuse of Power"

Allaura Osborne - March 6, 2010

I hope everyone understands that when the Wall Street Journal calls Obama's "up or down" vote on health care reform an "abuse of power," they're...

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Online Privacy, Google and Facebook

Allaura Osborne - February 28, 2010

Google's court case in Italy is a big deal. As everyone is saying, if Google can be held accountable for the content it syndicates...

Campus

HarvardGOP.org Wages War

Allaura Osborne - February 15, 2010

Perhaps inspired by the beauty that is our new blog, the Harvard GOP relaunched their website yesterday, giving harvardgop.org a patriotic, deeply American makeover....

Books & Arts

Play On

Allaura Osborne - December 20, 2009

Music, politics, and celebrity in the age of Bono

Online

After Woodstock

Allaura Osborne - November 7, 2009

Protest music for a new generation The anniversary of Woodstock has come and gone, and with it scores of revitalized folk records and overused tie-dye...