St. Patrick’s Day
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03.12.26: St. Patty’s
The History of the Boston Celtics
Every March, Boston erupts in green spirit for St. Patrick’s Day, celebrating the city’s Irish roots. Nearly a quarter of Boston’s population has Irish ancestry, underscoring the importance of the holiday. The Boston Celtics, current No. 2 in the NBA Eastern Conference, feel particularly at home on Mar. 17, as their name and origins arose […]
Green Shoots in Red Soil: The Texas Primary Race
Money is the engine of politics. It fuels campaigns and elections, and, by extension, our politicians. Each dollar purchases yet another 15-second campaign advertisement or a canvasser to knock on undecided voters’ doors. Currency and power are synonymous in a game that systematically rewards the highest spender. The hopeless cycle in which money determines political […]
Iranian Women Weep Too
In February 1998, Tony Benn, then over 40 years into his career as a Member of Parliament, rose in the House of Commons and delivered a legendary speech in opposition to the proposed bombing of Iraq. His words that day left no shortage of memorable lines: one in particular has never left me. “Are not […]
The Green Line
Every March, Boston slips into shades of green. The city’s color palette, usually a winter wash of red brick and slate, takes on an unmistakable hue. This green does not arrive with the weather, but rather a ceremonial cast on the 17th. It appears in flags hanging off of fire escapes, in the bunting draped […]
Luck is in the Yard
No matter what time one walks through Harvard Yard, there will undoubtedly be throngs of tourists surrounding the John Harvard Statue. Many will be snapping photos of them touching John Harvard’s foot, now polished bronze after years of wear. Whether it should be touched or not is another question, but the fact remains that rubbing […]