A mighty shock to our electoral system, November 8, 2016 will likely live on in infamy. Yet even before the election, 2016 had long offered murmurings, shocks, and jolts that quietly and then indiscreetly pulled at the threads of the current Western ...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake '17 is a Culture Section Staff Writer for the Brown Political Review.
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A mighty shock to our electoral system, November 8, 2016 will likely live on in infamy. Yet even before the election, 2016 had long offered murmurings, shocks, and jolts that quietly and then indiscreetly pulled at the threads of the current Western ...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Pirates — those ancient swashbucklers or their contemporary illegal-downloading counterparts — seldom conjure images of political savvy or engagement. Iceland, however, is a different case. The island nation in the north Atlantic has seen its pol...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Pirates — those ancient swashbucklers or their contemporary illegal-downloading counterparts — seldom conjure images of political savvy or engagement. Iceland, however, is a different case. The island nation in the north Atlantic has seen its pol...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Online education, once championed as a great equalizer, promising unfettered access to a variety of quality course material, seems to have fallen short of that guarantee. Even more damning is that online courses may in fact directly contribute to the...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Online education, once championed as a great equalizer, promising unfettered access to a variety of quality course material, seems to have fallen short of that guarantee. Even more damning is that online courses may in fact directly contribute to the...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Reaching into uncharted political waters, Google recently prototyped a program designed to direct potential ISIL recruits away from the terrorist organization. This effort, termed the Redirect Method, funnels users to a carefully curated list of YouT...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Reaching into uncharted political waters, Google recently prototyped a program designed to direct potential ISIL recruits away from the terrorist organization. This effort, termed the Redirect Method, funnels users to a carefully curated list of YouT...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
The past couple of weeks have seen the FBI and Apple unlock horns after the government managed to decrypt the data found on the infamous iPhone belonging to Syed Farook. Apple in turn, for both the sake of its brand and the benefit of its customers, ...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
The past couple of weeks have seen the FBI and Apple unlock horns after the government managed to decrypt the data found on the infamous iPhone belonging to Syed Farook. Apple in turn, for both the sake of its brand and the benefit of its customers, ...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Peyton Manning, renowned for his legendary career as quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos, has retired. His 18 years in the league made him sole owner of the NFL’s most completion yards and passing touchdowns records, as wel...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Peyton Manning, renowned for his legendary career as quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos, has retired. His 18 years in the league made him sole owner of the NFL’s most completion yards and passing touchdowns records, as wel...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
The December 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack, which claimed the lives of 14 people, sparked furious debate about gun violence and gun control, radicalism, and the asylum-granting process for refugees. Now, some three months later, it has sparked...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
The December 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack, which claimed the lives of 14 people, sparked furious debate about gun violence and gun control, radicalism, and the asylum-granting process for refugees. Now, some three months later, it has sparked...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Zika has entered the American consciousness in much the same way Ebola did: with a melodramatic flourish and a twinge of impish paranoia. It is something to be feared and something very deadly. And, so goes the narrative, it will be here soon. This i...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake
Zika has entered the American consciousness in much the same way Ebola did: with a melodramatic flourish and a twinge of impish paranoia. It is something to be feared and something very deadly. And, so goes the narrative, it will be here soon. This i...
Sean Blake
Sean Blake