“Christian, conservative, Republican—in that order.” On Sept. 30, former Vice President Mike Pence described himself with these words as he took the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum stage for a conversation entitled “The Future of Conservatism and American Democracy.” The discussion was moderated by Professor Archon Fung, Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance […]
Sir Galahad: Growing up, my dad had one rule for tree-climbing: if you can get yourself up, you can get yourself back down. I would scurry up branches as they bent under my weight until I sat perched too high on limbs too thin; the ground looked impossibly far away. When it came time to […]
Halloween’s coming up! My younger self is shrieking at the prospect of trick or treating, Now it’s just “dance! dance! dance!” repeating and I’m conceding, Despite my better judgement. And now I’m misleading random people I never thought I’d be meeting, “Yes I’m on the football team” (words I should never be speaking), And their […]
Only about a month into NFL play, and for some, the season already feels like a loss. The Titans, Saints, and Jets all fall to 0-4. Meanwhile, the Ravens are falling short of their playoff hopes with a 1-3 record, and that’s not to mention all the teams that have suffered season-ending injuries to their […]
I don’t watch sports. Back home in Spain, “football” means something entirely different. So with my European roots and little knowledge of American sports, I anticipated crossing the river this past weekend to watch my very first game. I left the stadium on Saturday in awe, having watched Harvard dominate Brown 41-7 at their home […]