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Coronavirus Reveals the Massive Demotion of Harry and Meghan 0
- Culture
- April 21, 2020
What a difference a pandemic makes. In January, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, stunned the world by announcing their intention to quit the royal family. The media gave “Megxit” saturation coverage, treating it like the most significant royal news story since the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936. The Spectator argued the
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China Increasingly Controls Information as It Slides Deeper Into Authoritarianism 0
- Culture
- April 20, 2020
Recent revelations about the depth and consequences of China’s suppression of information in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic should shine a light on the nature of the country’s regime. China’s communist government has been tyrannical for more than 70 years, but perhaps surprising to some, it actually has become more authoritarian in recent
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Trump vs. the States: What Federalism Means for the Coronavirus Response 0
- Politics
- April 20, 2020
President Donald Trump recently attempted to explain the complex relationship between the federal government and the states, as outlined by the framers in 1787. “[Y]ou can call it ‘federalist,’ you can call it ‘the Constitution,’ but I call it ‘the Constitution,’” he said at a briefing by the Coronavirus Task Force. Trump’s statement, along with
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Five Things Harvard’s Critique of Homeschooling Gets Wrong 0
- Culture
- April 20, 2020
Author’s Note: This is a copy of my submitted Letter to the Editor of Harvard Magazine regarding its recent article,“The Risks of Homeschooling.” Dear Editor: As a Harvard alum, longtime donor, education researcher, and homeschooling mother of four children in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I was shocked to read the article, “The Risks of Homeschooling,” by Erin
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Fighting for Liberty in the Age of COVID-19 0
- History
- April 20, 2020
It’s about 11 o’clock in the morning on April 19, 1775. Imagine yourself standing in a motley band of 400 people at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. You and your neighbors are armed with a variety of firearms, many of you are apprehensive or frightened, and all of you firmly believe that a tyrant
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What We Sacrifice in the Pursuit of Immortality 0
- Culture
- April 20, 2020
“Is the first person who will live to 150 alive today?” asked a recent Wall Street Journal article. The piece features biology Professor Steven Austad who contends that “today’s college students… can expect to live a century or more because their health will be unlike anything seen before in human history.” I had to suppress
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