Columns
The Palestine Exception Hurts Us All
If you’re still searching for the Palestine exception, look around. It’s here.
The Year I Left Israel Behind
Israel’s story is an illusory one. It cannot be told without burying another story: that of Palestine. I know this because for twenty years, I peddled it.
Violet Barron at Palestine vigil
Violet T.M. Barron '26 looks on at a vigil organized by the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee memorializing "one year of genocide."
Michael Sandel’s Great Injustice
Michael J. Sandel’s Justice: “Ethical Reasoning in Polarized Times,” being taught to over 800 enrollees for the first time in over a decade, is a relic from a bygone era of higher education.
Abolish the MCAS Graduation Requirement: Vote Yes on Ballot Question Two
It’s time to get rid of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System graduation requirement.
Oops! We Did It Again
Not a lot of people know this about us, but we have really strong main character energy, and when Sidechat isn’t all about us we start to feel a little empty inside.
Harvard Doesn’t Need Affirmative Action for Conservatives
Conservative affirmative action — of any kind — suffers from serious issues with implementation, and it grossly oversimplifies what ideological diversity really means.
Reading the PSC Statement, I Have Never Been Prouder of the Jewish State
The PSC statement, despite all but endorsing a slaughter of my own people, did absolutely nothing to harm Israel. It only proved the need for a Jewish state is stronger than ever.
I Thought I Knew Fear and Sorrow. Then Came October 7th.
On October 7th, Israelis' simmering fear turned to boiling terror.
A Year After October 7th, What We Still Won’t Say
As I reflect on a year filled with pleas for dialogue and pedantic editorializing about “discourse,” I am struck by what many, including those leading our Jewish communities, still won’t say.
A Palestine Exception to Consequences
The protesters’ argument that they’re faced with a double standard makes little sense to me — if they broke rules, they should get punished — but, more than that, it’s unclear that they’re being treated unfairly at all.
Harvard’s Never-Ending Home Improvement Project
As delays continue and costs rise, it’s about time we ask: What on earth is happening with Harvard’s house renovations?
