Harvard professor Michael Ignatieff, who is Canadian, has announced that he’s going to run for the Canadian Parliament as a member of the Liberal Party. I’d vote for him. The head of the Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights, Ignatieff’s a thoughtful, serious and passionate guy. (I interviewed him for Harvard Rules, and he spoke on the record, a quality I always admire and encourage in a future politician.) He’s intensely devoted to the cause of human rights, and has spent years trying to make the world a better place. Good for Michael to take this leap, and good luck to him. He’s an example of Harvard and the Kennedy School at their best.