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Hypocritical Mediocrity

Why did Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad get a student visa and U.S. citizenship?  Marty Peretz argued yesterday that he shouldn't have because he...

Finally, A Post on Stephanie Grace

Until now I've resisted commenting on the controversy that was created last week when Harvard 3L Stephanie Grace's private email saying she "does not...

Good and Bad Arguments for "Discrimination" against Muslims

HPR staff writer Eli Martin has a piece in today's Crimson criticizing European "Islamophobia." I don't want to baldly disagree with Eli that "outright...

Not Victims: Another Case Against the Clubs

I want to comment on Sam's final club post from the other day, which I find compelling but nevertheless insufficient. Let me try to explain...

Divining the Progress of the Climate Bill

Since the recent explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the politics of the climate bill have become more complicated, according...

M.I.A's Born Free: Violence to End Violence?

Since M.I.A. came out with "Born Free" a few days ago, a lot of people on the web have been praising it for its...

Delayed Development, No Political Communication: Harvard in Allston

Bill Purcell, the current director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics and former mayor of Nashville, is set to resign and take on greater responsibilities...

Absolutely Not Fabulous

Goldman Sachs has been making headlines (again) after charges were filed by the SEC alleging that the company sold a financial product whose components...

Corruption is Hardly a Third-World Phenomenon

Recent news that BHP Billiton and Hewlett Packard are now under serious investigation for bribery should serve as a reminder that corruption at the...

Update: Creators of "Draw Muhammad" Contest Drop Gag

I wrote this weekend that the contest was in poor taste, and that it was likely to attract extremely offensive submissions, but this seems to...