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A New Front in the Abortion Debate?

Sam Barr - November 20, 2008

I wrote in the most recent issue of the HPR that the Supreme Court would be unlikely to dramatically alter its abortion...

Shorten the Transition Period

Sam Barr - November 16, 2008

Ah, the transition period. Yes, these might just be the longest eleven weeks in our nation's history, as our economy teeters on...

On Bipartisanship

Alex Copulsky - November 15, 2008

Briefly: It's a load of bull. Less briefly: "Bipartisanship" is a feel-good election-y term that should not, and cannot, be the way President...

The Myth of the Youth Vote

Harvard Political Review - November 11, 2008

On a politically active and overwhelmingly liberal college campus such as Harvard, Barack Obama’s victory looks like a triumph for the youth...

A Blind Meritocracy

Harvard Political Review - November 11, 2008

Barack Obama’s election to the presidency should not come as a shock. His political operation was more disciplined, more organized, and more...

The Adolescent Years

Harvard Political Review - November 10, 2008

After Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday Paul Krugman wrote that the election wasn’t “just a victory for tolerance; it wasn’t just a...

Happy Democracy Day!

Alex Copulsky - November 6, 2008

It's November 4, 2008. I'm currently sitting in a history seminar on the Yalta Conference of 1945, discussing how the Allied leaders...

Election Day!

Harvard Political Review - November 5, 2008

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Get the Joke: Palin Satire and Popular Appeal

Harvard Political Review - October 7, 2008

Lately, I’ve become more accustomed to seeing Saturday Night Live’s Tina Fey as Governor Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin as herself. And apparently I’m...

It Matters What Caused It!

Sam Barr - October 6, 2008

When I first heard Gov. Sarah Palin say, in the vice-presidential debate, that she would not "attribute every activity of man to the changes...