Technical Brilliance, Empty Notes at Kronos
By Katherine J. Murray ‘11 Saturday, October 2 saw the return of the Kronos Quartet to Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center. An ensemble dedicated to new music…
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Back to the Fundamentals
Ronald Reagan as a California gubernatorial candidate, 1968.By Coleman Shear ‘13 The conservative movement in America needs to return to its roots and emphasize that…
Libertarian Conservative’s Manifesto
By Jack Funk ‘12 The modern American political arena is often thought to be composed of two major philosophical factions: liberals and conservatives. Historically, these…
A Recovering Liberal’s Perspective
By Jeff Hopkins ‘12 Despite what the title may imply, I’d like to begin by saying that, no, I’m not a liberal. I’m really a…
The Left Left Me and It Will Not Come Back
By Kirk Jing ‘14 We’ve heard it again and again this election cycle. “Obama needs to fire up his base again.” A peculiar feeling strikes…
Toward a Theory of South Park Pragmatism
By Ke Ding ’13 In one episode of South Park, a crudely animated show that runs on Comedy Central, the main characters’ fourth- grade teacher,…
The Liberal Foundations of Conservatism
By Sterling C. Beard ’12 and Blake Neff ‘13 Conservatism has not had a good decade. It began uneasily with the election of George Bush,…
Bringing the Tea Party into Focus
By Thomas Hauch ’13 Where can conservatives possibly turn? Federal spending today has reached a level unmatched since the height of World War II (~25%…
Andrea Rugh Drifts into Relativism
By Brian C. Nachbar ‘12 The cultures of the Middle East have been highly relevant to American public affairs ever since the attacks of September…
New Hampshire’s Budget — A Primer
By Blake Neff ’13 As Oscar Wilde once put it, “Anybody who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” One institution which…