Op Eds
A Different Conversation
We need a fundamental change in the conversation about Occupy and in the broader conversation about the state of the country. Let’s talk about the kind of country and the kind of world we want to live in.
The Imagination of the Occupy movements
The insistent need to constrictanalyses of the global Occupy movements within a value-system rooted in efficacy and outcomes has completely missed the point.
Harvard’s Musical Dilemma
It is striking to consider the number of distinguished academics who came through the HRO during Dr. Y’s tenure. The Boston Globe, for example, points out that one year, Harvard Medical School Professor Norman Letvin sat next to Nobel Prize-winning economist Eric Maskin in the clarinet section. Perhaps even more staggering, however, is the corresponding roster of professional musicians.
Tune In, Walk Out
Those of us who walked out stand in solidarity with students (and those who would like to be students) nationwide who cannot access the ladders of opportunity that supposedly permeate the American meritocracy.
Leaders, Not Laggards, On Health Reform
It has become a virtual tautology to say that the nation’s long-term fiscal problem is really a health care cost problem.
Morning Prayer
How do we behave as educators and mentors, in an institution which sends a large percentage of its students into the financial industry?
Voter Suppression 101
Republicans have passed harsh and unjust voter restrictions that will make it more difficult for millions of people to vote, and indeed, might have already decided the election a year before it takes place.
SlutWalk in Delhi
Organizers reinterpreted a more culturally relevant SlutWalk for their city. In this way, they took a critical step in appropriating the fight against harassment into their own hands.
The Other Deficit
The most important deficit in America today is the one we’re not talking about.
Gen Ed Must Go
With its senselessly rigid criteria the Program in General Education betrays the aims of the liberal arts.
Targeting Online Piracy
Pirates who download a music album from a website like Megaupload are exactly like thieves who steal CDs from stores—except that there are no security cameras to catch them in the act.
We Can’t Wait: Helping Manage Student Loan Debt
Michelle and I know what it feels like to leave school with a mountain of debt. We didn’t come from wealthy families. By the time we both graduated from law school, we had about $120,000 worth of debt between us.
Righting The Courts
We need to encourage politicians to avoid framing every issue as one of rights, to stop appealing to the courts to resolve these issues, and to avoid rhetoric that encourages the kind of adversarial legalism that has led to increased litigation of personal and political issues in the past several decades.
Turkey Turning to the East
Having kept Turkey out of the European Union for so long, one might ask: Is the West justified in complaining about Turkey turning away from Europe? I don’t think so.
Energy Myopia
Only a balanced approach to energy development will provide a long-term solution to our energy woes.
