|
Feedback on Feedback
By Luke Willert | Opinion Over the course of my brief career as an unpaid Opinions columnist, I have heard a fair amount of feedback from a diverse group of readers. The spirit of honest criticism and praise (oh the praise!) inspires me, no matter what its form.There’s my mom, who repeatedly tells me that I’m brilliant. If I wrote an eighth installment of Harry ...
|
|
Bringing Humility Back to Discussions on Campus
By Ilana Ross | Opinion From my window, I can casually overhear (eavesdrop on) a lot of interesting and pertinent conversations and see a lot of friends (spy on strangers). People argue about just about everything. Collins or Frary? Trays or no trays? Peach Ooh-la-long Honest Tea or Nantucket Nectars Half-and-Half? Emperor Palpatine or Lord Voldemort? Do you like my silver-glitter Toms or do you ...
|
|
Profundity of “Party In The U.S.A.” Baffles Intellectuals
By Luke Willert | Opinion September 25, 1066: The European Viking Age draws to a close with Harald Hardrada’s defeat at Stamford Bridge, thereby paving the way for a united England under William the Conqueror.September 25, 1555: the Schmalkaldic League of Holy Roman princes signs the Peace of Augsburg, a first step towards religious coexistence and German peace. September 25, 1997: The WNBA adds two franchises: ...
|
|
The Importance of Character is Increasing in American Politics
By Matt Wolfson | Opinion One of the extraordinary and confusing aspects of modern democratic societies is that people can spring—almost literally—from nowhere onto center stage. You are a young African-American state senator from Illinois with extraordinary talents, living a relatively ordinary life. No one gasps or turns when you walk into a room; you are not a power hub in the state capital. You think ...
|
|
A Serious Party: Republicans Must Replace Defensiveness With Proactivity
By Matt Wolfson | Opinion Last month, I was talking about Sarah Palin with an old friend of our family, a staunch conservative of thirty years who voted for Barack Obama in November. He was comparing her to Ronald Reagan. “I remember seeing Reagan come up to the microphone in ’76 at the Republican National convention in cowboy boots and thinking ‘oh Jesus, who have ...
|
|
Math Dream
By TSL Staff | Opinion
|
|
The Cooling Effect: Obama and Gaddafi Take on the UN
By Matt Wolfson | Opinion Despite its occasional excitement, the political arena often coasts at a median altitude of boring. How many Americans actually know what a public option is? Or who Max Baucus is? They have lives to live and mouths to feed, plus Angelina Jolie is a lot more interesting than Nancy Pelosi. Add to this the stultifying atmosphere of a UN summit, ...
|
|
Perceptions Meaningful Messages: Barack Obama’s Unexpected Nobel
By Matt Wolfson | Opinion Last week, something unusual happened in Washington, D.C.: President Obama was at a loss for words. Actually, a lot of the D.C. establishment failed miserably in the rapid-response department, all thanks to Nobel Prize Committee Chair Thorbjoern Jagland. Jagland managed to throw everyone for a loop by thoughtfully bestowing the Nobel Peace Prize on Barack Obama as the latter slept, ...
|
|
|
