The Politics Issue

October 14, 2004

The Martyred Punk Opera

Green Day has released its eighth album, a so-called punk rock opera entitled American Idiot. American Idiot sounds like, and almost certainly is, the soundtrack to a movie that is yet to be filmed.

by Jacob O. Gold on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

George Junior – The Blog

Let’s face it, kiddies: speculation over the potential John Kerry-Johnny Edwards relationship is so last month. We get it, we get it; they like to hug.

by Hilary Dobel on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

Beyond Bush and Kerry

The three presidential debates have come and gone.

by Alexandra Silver on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

“So I got this Adult Store…” and Other Stories from the Campaign Trail

Political campaigns are at once noble and naïve. On one level they are not akin to anything so much as a revolution, albeit one that requires only a temporary commitment.

by Arthur Plews on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

Extra-Party Candidates

As the election rapidly approaches, and students and citizens alike declare their political agendas, one might notice that the campaign is really starting to drag along.

by Justin Gerald on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

Hope, Hip Hop and Hosing Harvard

Prof Cornel West discusses his three piece suits, his escape from Harvard over his hip hop debut, and the general state of American youth and racial politics.

by Blake Sercye on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

Following the recent defeat of a ban on gay marriage, Senate Republicans are now looking for other ways to bolster their domestic agenda. In today’s press conference at the Capitol, Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Wayne Allard (R-CO) presented their new bill, “The Defense of Pre-Natal Arms Act.”

by Ned Rosenman on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

Such Splendid Intimate Rumors

In an intellectual living room, you dress in deep reds and creams, never lack alcohol, and are privy to wealth, mystery, gossip, wit, pretension, and Rumors, lots and lots of Rumors.

by Ali Sutherland-Brown on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

Ajax and Odysseus

In the wake of that mighty capsizing, I refer to President Bush’s performance at the first presidential debate, a certain television commentator remarked that Kerry had altogether seemed more “presidential” in his estimate during the interval of the debate.

by Harold Parker on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013

The Lonely Conservative

Evan Baehr feels oppressed. This alleged marginalization has nothing to do with race; he’s white.

by Eleanor Barkhorn on October 13, 2004March 17, 2013