Alex Copulsky, Author at Harvard Political Review

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Afghan Election Fail

Alex Copulsky - September 9, 2009

In a plot twist which should surprise approximately no one, it seems that the August presidential election in Afghanistan was not entirely on the...

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Japan!

Alex Copulsky - September 4, 2009

So I actually just returned to school from a summer spent working in Tokyo, and so I have been following with great interest the...

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Party Discipline

Alex Copulsky - July 21, 2009

You know who is one of the most dependable Democrats in the Senate right now? Arlen Spector (D-PA). It does not take any great...

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Real Change Comes to Washington

Alex Copulsky - July 20, 2009

So in some areas (civil liberties and wars come to mind), there is not so much daylight to be found between President Obama and...

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Beyond the Achievement Gap

Alex Copulsky - May 24, 2009

Richard Rothstein on the challenges facing American education

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Showdown in Sri Lanka

Alex Copulsky - May 2, 2009

The Sri Lankan government is about to liquidate the last remaining holdout of the Tamil Tigers. Their stalemate of a year ago has...

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Tough Week for Republicans

Alex Copulsky - April 28, 2009

But then, every week lately is a tough week for Republicans. First the Republicans became the semi-official Torture Party. Then, while the Republicans are...

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Yes, Virginia, this is Socialism

Alex Copulsky - April 27, 2009

GM has come forward this morning and announced that the only way they will survive is to be nationalized. That's right, they are voluntarily...

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Furrin Affairs

Alex Copulsky - April 27, 2009

When the Secretary of State does things like visit Lebanon to express her not-so-subtly-veiled hope that Hezbollah will not win the elections, I'm not...

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Re: Both Y'allz.

Alex Copulsky - April 23, 2009

Actually, I'd guess Sam meant to say "reactive" rather than "reactionary". In a narrow technical sense, however, I'd define the Republican Party as reactionary....