Op Eds
A New Take on Censorship
The Chinese government views Google’s decision to challenge China’s censorship laws by threatening to leave the country as yet another instance of Westerners denying China its sovereign right to govern.
Correction
In the op-ed “Legitimizing Hate” in the March 5 issue of the Crimson, the Hispanic Business Magazine article “Business Diversity ...
Cosmopolitan Politician
The Brown phenomenon has brought to light more than just the supposed Republican re-takeover of our national government.
Creating a Healthy Community
Our community must actively work to reduce the stigma surrounding issues of mental health and look out for signs of emotional distress in our friends.
Legitimizing Hate
Does giving a platform to Krikorian, with his nasty views and even nastier connections, further that mission? Perhaps next time the conference should choose a different “expert” to address this complex and important topic.
Ultimate Fighting’s Grim Role
While the popularity of the UFC may someday wane like any other secondary spectator sport in our culture, during its current moment of glory, it will send an unsettling message and provide an unsavory example of violence as substance.
Obama’s Tea Party
Obama needs to acknowledge the populist criticisms directed at him without exploiting the techniques that his critics employ.
Crimson in the Green Hunt
The need to develop rapidly after India gained independence without paying adequate heed to the costs of such rapid development can be seen in the following idealistic and breathless rhetoric in the introduction to India’s Second Five Year Plan, 1956-1961—the Five Year Plans are the chief ways to guide development in segments of five years in India.
The Dead Writer's Society
We need a figurative Dead Writer’s Society, a place where obituaries and obituary readers do more to identify what we value in our culture.
‘Can You Hear Us Now?’
Let’s end this debate about why America has an international communications problem and start figuring out how to fix it with common-sense solutions, new technology, and a new generation of diplomats to tell our story to the world.
Spending Now for a Better Future
Our country is on pace to follow Japan down a path of aging and debt-ridden decay, and there seem to be few good solutions on the horizon.
Tyranny of the Minority
If Obama maintains any aspirations of passing the significant portions of his agenda, what alternative does he have?
Whose Olympics Is It Anyway?
The Olympics can play a positive role by serving as an introduction of many foreign sports to the rest of the world.
