An appropriate description of President Donald Trump’s grand strategy has been widely debated. While it has been labeled anywhere from one of “reciprocity” to “illiberal hegemony,” his second term suggests a more volatile reality: “predat...
In 1984, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed a report alleging that federal judges improperly used funds to “influence pending legislation.” Specifically, the concern was that judges might have misused resources allo...
In 1895, following nearly four centuries of colonial rule, Cuba launched its third and final war of independence against the Spanish Empire. Almost immediately, the American population was theatrically captured by the plight of the Cuban people, sway...
As noted by tenacious Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi in his 2010 book Griftopia (and reported here in the Atlantic), in 2008 the city of Chicago leased the entirety of their parking meters to a consortium of buyers led by Morgan Stanley. The pric...
As noted by tenacious Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi in his 2010 book Griftopia (and reported here in the Atlantic), in 2008 the city of Chicago leased the entirety of their parking meters to a consortium of buyers led by Morgan Stanley. The pric...
It’s hard to get a straight answer on the Affordable Care Act. Conversation on every component of the law is hugely partisan; Democrats say it will reform the flawed American health insurance industry and provide long overdue universal health care...
It’s hard to get a straight answer on the Affordable Care Act. Conversation on every component of the law is hugely partisan; Democrats say it will reform the flawed American health insurance industry and provide long overdue universal health care...
Local currency movements have become a trend in local economic development initiatives. These are currencies issued by a local entity for spending at local businesses. Community Currencies, such as Ithaca HOURS, Bay Bucks of Traverse City, Michigan...
Local currency movements have become a trend in local economic development initiatives. These are currencies issued by a local entity for spending at local businesses. Community Currencies, such as Ithaca HOURS, Bay Bucks of Traverse City, Michigan...
Protest songs have always been an important mode of political discourse. Easily produced and disseminated, good protest songs and the artists that create them can infiltrate mass consciousness and gain relevance beyond the realm of the strictly polit...
Protest songs have always been an important mode of political discourse. Easily produced and disseminated, good protest songs and the artists that create them can infiltrate mass consciousness and gain relevance beyond the realm of the strictly polit...
Hello, readers! Welcome to part two of my Town of Greece v. Galloway coverage. Two weeks ago, I previewed the case and offered a crash course in the Supreme Court’s approach to the Establishment Clause, or the portion in the First Amendment that c...
Hello, readers! Welcome to part two of my Town of Greece v. Galloway coverage. Two weeks ago, I previewed the case and offered a crash course in the Supreme Court’s approach to the Establishment Clause, or the portion in the First Amendment that c...
Carol Bond was initially thrilled when she learned her friend, Myrlinda Haynes, was pregnant. She was understandably a little less thrilled when she discovered that her husband, who had been having an affair with Haynes, was the father. So, naturally...
Carol Bond was initially thrilled when she learned her friend, Myrlinda Haynes, was pregnant. She was understandably a little less thrilled when she discovered that her husband, who had been having an affair with Haynes, was the father. So, naturally...
As an undergraduate, the FBI closing of the Silk Road anonymous marketplace may not affect you beyond your drug supply or your easy purchase of another fake ID. But if you’re a political dissident in China, or a currency trader in London, the loss ...
As an undergraduate, the FBI closing of the Silk Road anonymous marketplace may not affect you beyond your drug supply or your easy purchase of another fake ID. But if you’re a political dissident in China, or a currency trader in London, the loss ...
If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be reckoned with, and she hasn’t even started high school. She speaks out against North Carolina’s new voter...
If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be reckoned with, and she hasn’t even started high school. She speaks out against North Carolina’s new voter...
It is good to be back after last week’s live-blogging interlude. Only later did I come to know the real reason I was tasked for the assignment: the now infamous and then-still-plausible Commissioner Kelly event was scheduled to take place at the sa...
It is good to be back after last week’s live-blogging interlude. Only later did I come to know the real reason I was tasked for the assignment: the now infamous and then-still-plausible Commissioner Kelly event was scheduled to take place at the sa...
As the leaves change color and the temperature drops, winter and the flu season are fast approaching. With the chill also comes the choice of whether or not to get the flu vaccine. Many factors go into this decision: religious beliefs, philosophical ...
As the leaves change color and the temperature drops, winter and the flu season are fast approaching. With the chill also comes the choice of whether or not to get the flu vaccine. Many factors go into this decision: religious beliefs, philosophical ...
Hello, readers! I hadn’t expected to write about abortion this week, but after the Supreme Court dismissed Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, I felt that I should probably step in and do some explaining. The case was originally ...
Hello, readers! I hadn’t expected to write about abortion this week, but after the Supreme Court dismissed Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, I felt that I should probably step in and do some explaining. The case was originally ...
If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking Bad withdrawal. This week, the Economist compared the Tea Party’s shutdown antics to “a type of self-affirming ...
If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking Bad withdrawal. This week, the Economist compared the Tea Party’s shutdown antics to “a type of self-affirming ...