Sam Barr, Author at Harvard Political Review

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Beck and Napolitano Conveniently Overlook the Sixteenth Amendment

Sam Barr - December 31, 2010

I realize it might be perilous to take seriously the extreme constitutional vision put forward on Glenn Beck's program, but I'm watching his special...

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Thin Skin at Reason Magazine

Sam Barr - December 27, 2010

Christopher Beam has a long feature in New York magazine on "The Trouble with Liberty," that is, with libertarianism. I liked the piece, but...

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Peter Orszag, Co-Optation, and Progressivism

Sam Barr - December 15, 2010

Check out Will Wilkinson's post on Peter Orszag's disappointing decision to cash in at Citigroup. First Wilkinson suggests that this sort of co-optation of government...

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Weighing In: Class-Based Affirmative Action Good, But Arguments Against Race-Based Affirmative Action Still Bad

Sam Barr - December 11, 2010

Peter Bozzo has posted a very thorough reply to my reply to his column which argued that we should replace race-based affirmative action with...

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This is Not Journalism: Politico Edition, Starring Jonathan Allen

Sam Barr - December 10, 2010

Jonathan Allen has a long piece on Politico that is one long excoriation of immature liberals who won't grow up and let the Obama-orchestrated...

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The Uselessness of "Public Opinion" on Don't Ask Don't Tell

Sam Barr - December 10, 2010

One point that stands out to me about the failure to repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell" is the irrelevance of public opinion on this...

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Re: Class-Based Affirmative Action Again

Sam Barr - December 8, 2010

Peter Bozzo writes in today's Crimson in favor of switching from race-based to class-based affirmative action. He makes a very strong case, but I...

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George Will Comes Out as a Judicial Liberal

Sam Barr - December 6, 2010

George Will apparently wants the Supreme Court to overturn the individual mandate---the requirement that Americans purchase health insurance. As Jonathan Chait points out, Will...

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The Winter 2010 HPR is Now Online!

Sam Barr - December 5, 2010

COVERS SECTION: The Obama Doctrine: Does America Have a Foreign Policy? The Reset with Russia: Two years of "da" to a new partnership. By Joshua...

President's Note

From the Editor

Sam Barr - December 5, 2010

The HPR recently released a special online-only report examining the U.S. federal budget—the Annual Report of the United States of America (available at AnnualReportUSA.com)....