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Marty Peretz and the Intent/Effect Principle

Max Novendstern - September 22, 2010

Harvard University is a private institution with a private set of needs, among them financial needs and the ever-present need to remain true to...

Marty Peretz, the Harvard Crimson, and Anti-Muslim Hysteria

Sam Barr - September 16, 2010

I was disappointed to read The Crimson's editorial this morning regarding Martin Peretz and the Harvard research fellowship that is apparently going to be...

The Emperors Have No Disclose

Sam Barr - September 16, 2010

It was a little skirmish in a summer of big political battles. But the defeat of the DISCLOSE Act, a modest campaign finance reform...

ACE Interview with Rebiya Kadeer

Sam Barr - September 16, 2010

Rebiya Kadeer

How Not To Write About Policy (a response to Dylan Matthews)

Max Novendstern - September 15, 2010

Dylan Matthews* has a post up on his blog called “How Not To Write About Policy” -- it's a takedown of an essay by Mark...

Wind Farms: Green

Jeffrey Kalmus - September 10, 2010

In an op-ed this morning, Crimson columnist and HPRgument blogger Eli Martin argues that "wind energy is not as perfect as it might appear;...

Geek Power

Max Novendstern - September 5, 2010

Here's Bill Gates from a Wired magazine interview about the state of computer hacking: If he were a teenager today, he says, he’d be hacking biology....

For the New School Year

Max Novendstern - September 2, 2010

Here's Teddy Roosevelt talking to some undergrads at the University of Paris in 1910: It is well if a large proportion of the leaders in any...

Thank You John Mayer

Alex Sherbany - August 27, 2010

For what is probably my second favorite takedown of The Huffington Post, after last year's TNR cover story by Isaac Chotiner. (The Atlantic's Ray...

More on the Mosque: Religious Freedom is Important, But…

Sam Barr - August 16, 2010

One non-bigoted case against the erroneously-named "Ground Zero mosque" seems to go something like this: "Religious freedom is legitimate and important, and the promoters of...