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...existed for centuries, in a range of cultural traditions, though in recent years, society’s penchant for it has really picked up steam. In the new millennium, for instance, cyberspace has provided an outlet for confession. Not only have things like blogs and online diaries become popular, there exist sites whose express purpose is confession. The website PostSecret.com became well known earlier in the decade for publishing postcards from people confessing deep secrets. Yet PostSecret provides the option for the public confession to be anonymous—in other words, confessions with neither feedback nor consequences?...
Targeted divestment is a popular and oft-proposed solution for some of the worst atrocities in the world. In November, Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 signed into law a targeted divestment bill aimed at putting pressure on the Sudanese government to cease the genocide in Darfur. In September, students marched through Harvard Square to urge the passage of a bill that would stop public pension funds from investing in companies that enable the military junta in Myanmar. These advocates apparently believe that they can make a difference by convincing financial institutions to stop investing in companies...
Just a few years ago, the course would have almost filled the lecture hall’s nearly 500 seats. But while other perennially popular Core classes—like Social Analysis 10 and Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice”—have kept their enrollments steadily in the hundreds for years, Cosmic Connections has dwindled to just 72 students this semester...
This administration’s reliance on threats and fear in the face of outside scrutiny is nothing new. By playing to popular anxiety, the Bush administration succeeded in authorizing the CIA’s current interrogation regime in 2002 without scrutiny from either side of the aisle. Knowledge of the Agency’s use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” has been widespread for months...
...group of commuters has even launched a class action suit against the government, blaming it for worsening their lives. The suit is unlikely to succeed, but it's a signal of popular discontent. In fact, Transantiago has pounded the approval ratings of President Michelle Bachelet. According to pollsters Adimark GFK, the Socialist Party president's rating slumped to 38.2% in November from over 60% in April 2006. Unsurprisingly, that fall has been sharpest in the capital...