Commentary

In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.

Your Views on the Supreme Court, Dutch Art, and Science Funding

A sampling of reader reactions

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Letters about the Middle East war and campus upheavals, the energy transition, legacies, and more

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Campus discourse, ethics education, affirmative action

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Readers’ views about healthy diets, teachers off the tenure track, mitzvot, and more

Toward a Liberal Realist Foreign Policy

On January 20, you will inherit a legacy of trouble: Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Palestine, North Korea for starters. Failure to manage any one of...