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Now nearly one week later, nothing needs to be added about Sandy Hook. But for those who haven’t followed, National Review yesterday outrageously editorialized the tragedy by insinuating Sandy Hook was a victim not only of gun violence, but somehow...

NRO: Not Outrageous, Inaccurate

Now nearly one week later, nothing needs to be added about Sandy Hook. But for those who haven’t followed, National Review yesterday outrageously editorialized the tragedy by insinuating Sandy Hook was a victim not only of gun violence, but somehow...

by Henry Knight and Will Serratelli Santa is stuffing Brown’s stocking with coal this Christmas—unless the University agrees to the demands of a new activist group on campus, the Divest Coal Campaign. The Brown University Investment Office, in co...

Brown Divest Coal: A Lump of Coal for Christmas

by Henry Knight and Will Serratelli Santa is stuffing Brown’s stocking with coal this Christmas—unless the University agrees to the demands of a new activist group on campus, the Divest Coal Campaign. The Brown University Investment Office, in co...

Image by Winnerslay It’s not clear that gun control could have prevented the killing of 20 children and 7 adults in Newtown, Connecticut this past Friday. The weapons used by gunman Adam Lanza were owned legally by Lanza’s mother. A few states (b...

Is Gun Control the Answer? Maybe, But Do It Anyway

Image by Winnerslay It’s not clear that gun control could have prevented the killing of 20 children and 7 adults in Newtown, Connecticut this past Friday. The weapons used by gunman Adam Lanza were owned legally by Lanza’s mother. A few states (b...

On this week’s podcast, Oliver and Michael join Jarrett to discuss whether affirmative action is an effective tool to create diversity on college campuses. In light of Fisher v. University of Texas, this conversation offers timely reflections o...

BPR Podcast: Vol. 1, Segment 5: Affirmative Action

On this week’s podcast, Oliver and Michael join Jarrett to discuss whether affirmative action is an effective tool to create diversity on college campuses. In light of Fisher v. University of Texas, this conversation offers timely reflections o...

Before I say anything about guns, or politics, or the NRA, or anything, I have to ask you to take a moment and think about what happened in Newtown, CT, on Friday morning. Whether or not you support the Second Amendment, I think you will agree that ...

Under the Radar Lies the Deadliest Gun Loophole

Before I say anything about guns, or politics, or the NRA, or anything, I have to ask you to take a moment and think about what happened in Newtown, CT, on Friday morning. Whether or not you support the Second Amendment, I think you will agree that ...

Earlier this week, President Obama officially recognized the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, the mishmash of rebel groups that have come together to unite against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. After months of no...

Coal-ition for Christmas

Earlier this week, President Obama officially recognized the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, the mishmash of rebel groups that have come together to unite against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. After months of no...

Fears of ‘Grexit’ has yet to wane, but the press is talking about another country’s possible retreat from the EU—Britain. The Economist claims that ‘Brexit’ has become “increasingly possible;” a columnist at Reuters even warns, “Bre...

Breeze of Britain’s ‘Brexit’

Fears of ‘Grexit’ has yet to wane, but the press is talking about another country’s possible retreat from the EU—Britain. The Economist claims that ‘Brexit’ has become “increasingly possible;” a columnist at Reuters even warns, “Bre...

Maybe eternal optimism dies hard after an election. But does anyone get the sense that the left is way less freaked out about the Fiscal Cliff than one ought to expect? If that’s true, then it may be for good reason. The more I’ve read, the more ...

Cliffmas Gifts: Can Obama Lose?

Maybe eternal optimism dies hard after an election. But does anyone get the sense that the left is way less freaked out about the Fiscal Cliff than one ought to expect? If that’s true, then it may be for good reason. The more I’ve read, the more ...

Rhode Island Supreme Court Building (by chensiyuan) Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman wrote an interesting article last week in Bloomberg about the Rhode Island Pension crisis. His main points are: 1) government has the right to modify contr...

The Role of the Courts in RI Pension Reform

Rhode Island Supreme Court Building (by chensiyuan) Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman wrote an interesting article last week in Bloomberg about the Rhode Island Pension crisis. His main points are: 1) government has the right to modify contr...

New euro Bills are set to enter circulation in May 2013. Instead of the now familiar imaginary architecture, these bills will feature “a hologram and watermark of Europa, the Phoenician noblewoman who gave the continent its name. In Greek myth, she...

Show me the Monnet: the Faces of Europe

New euro Bills are set to enter circulation in May 2013. Instead of the now familiar imaginary architecture, these bills will feature “a hologram and watermark of Europa, the Phoenician noblewoman who gave the continent its name. In Greek myth, she...