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...reality sets in, disappointment fills our hearts, and recrimination becomes a consequence of defeat, let us remember some fundamental truths about the direction of the Democratic Party. First of all, it is futile to continue to blame our electoral woes on dirty campaign tricks and mean-spirited politicians. These have always occurred, this year being no different. Second, as important as the “ground-game” is, and it is, organization is simply not enough. There are more conservatives than liberals in this country and we cannot win elections solely by energizing our base. Third, effectively becoming...
Young people can no longer simply be the followers of our elders, but instead must take on the burdens of leadership. The future is in our hands because the future is us. No more blame games, bitterness or faith in a political messiah. Change must start in our own hearts and move out from there. I welcome everyone to join in these discussions with the Harvard Democrats. We have a blog set up at www.demapples.com that will be devoted to issues of the future and reflections of the past year. You can also sign up for our discussion list...
...extremists accuse those who support disengagement of being erev rav, a biblical term that refers to people from other nations who joined the Israelites in their exodus from Egypt. Some Talmudic rabbis blame all the bad events in Jewish history--from the Golden Calf to the destruction of the Temple and the Diaspora--on the traces of those non-Israelites in Jewish society. Increasingly, the fringe of religious extremists, bound to refrain from killing Jews, justify the possibility of political violence by arguing that police and soldiers evacuating Jews from their land would be erev rav, enemies within who deserve...
...rational discussion. I don’t want to debate, I just want to be protected. On this rollercoaster of anger that spirals into depression, there is just too much hate—something that rarely enters my realm—for me to keep on defending. The blame should be less, but my standards are higher and I don’t know how to go back. Someday I’ll recover my will to fight, but for now I’m a Midwestern girl without a home...
...take on a role that they were never originally designed for,” says the member, who asked to remain anonymous. “The idea of a final club as party space every weekend is something they were never built for. Harvard is as much to blame in not creating space for all students...