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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...

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...

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...

From the Bookshelf: David Foster Wallace

Max Novendstern - December 7, 2010

Work: "The Big Red Son" by David Foster Wallace Intro: Wallace goes slumming it with porn stars at the 1998 Adult Video Awards ceremony. Here...

Black and Crimson

Raul Quintana - December 7, 2010

The inevitably entertaining Lewis Black came to Kirkland House yesterday to discuss his love of theater, his flirting with the poverty line, and his...

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...

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...

A Lesson to Learn as Mount Carmel Burns

Joshua Lipson - December 2, 2010

By strange designs of fate and family, the two places I’ve flown to most are southern California and Israel. And although the two occupy...

China, America, and Korean Unification post-WikiLeaks

Jimmy Meixiong - December 2, 2010

2010 has been a banner year for WikiLeaks. Although the organization was relatively well known before this year for its leaks regarding police killings...

Destroying the Fragile Community

Max Novendstern - December 2, 2010

David Brook's column on Wikileaks is a pretty good example of how the mainstream press has misread the organization's intentions. Brooks concludes that Wikileaks...