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...
Stanley Druckenmiller and Geoffrey Canada are speaking. The event is being put on by Common Sense Action Brown University, and co-sponsored by a variety of groups including the Brown Political Review. Druckenmiller is a hedge fund manager, and Can...
Stanley Druckenmiller and Geoffrey Canada are speaking. The event is being put on by Common Sense Action Brown University, and co-sponsored by a variety of groups including the Brown Political Review. Druckenmiller is a hedge fund manager, and Can...
The formula seems simple: if a country has more smart people, it will have more wealth. Unsurprisingly then, many Americans sounded the alarm in light of recent statistics showing that highly educated immigrants are moving back to their home countrie...
The formula seems simple: if a country has more smart people, it will have more wealth. Unsurprisingly then, many Americans sounded the alarm in light of recent statistics showing that highly educated immigrants are moving back to their home countrie...
This past Tuesday, my beloved Greensboro, North Carolina had its nonpartisan municipal primary. For all the campaigning and tweeting and canvassing that occurred, the election had an 8.11% voter turnout according to the Guilford County Board of Elect...
This past Tuesday, my beloved Greensboro, North Carolina had its nonpartisan municipal primary. For all the campaigning and tweeting and canvassing that occurred, the election had an 8.11% voter turnout according to the Guilford County Board of Elect...
Outcome-Based Education. No Child Left Behind. Race to the Top. These ambitious government programs aim at making students better at completing tests, holding teachers accountable for classroom performance and (hopefully) producing better educated ci...
Outcome-Based Education. No Child Left Behind. Race to the Top. These ambitious government programs aim at making students better at completing tests, holding teachers accountable for classroom performance and (hopefully) producing better educated ci...
President Obama will officially nominate Janet Yellen, Brown class of ’67, for chairwoman of the Federal Reserve this coming Wednesday. The likelihood of Yellen’s confirmation is high, and if confirmed the current vice chairwoman of the Fed will ...
President Obama will officially nominate Janet Yellen, Brown class of ’67, for chairwoman of the Federal Reserve this coming Wednesday. The likelihood of Yellen’s confirmation is high, and if confirmed the current vice chairwoman of the Fed will ...
Abu Anas al-Liby, U.S. Department of State Photo, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain On Saturday evening, I found myself tailgating at Brown Stadium, lamenting aloud how much it would suck to go to URI. At some point, I looked down at my phone and saw ...
Abu Anas al-Liby, U.S. Department of State Photo, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain On Saturday evening, I found myself tailgating at Brown Stadium, lamenting aloud how much it would suck to go to URI. At some point, I looked down at my phone and saw ...
While it was an issue that originally flared up some months ago, the controversy surrounding the appointment of Janet Napolitano, ex-Secretary of Homeland Security and Governor of Arizona, as the new president of the public University of California (...
While it was an issue that originally flared up some months ago, the controversy surrounding the appointment of Janet Napolitano, ex-Secretary of Homeland Security and Governor of Arizona, as the new president of the public University of California (...
Hello, readers. I’d like to wish you all a Happy Return of the Supreme Court, the same way that one might wish a friend Happy Thanksgiving or Happy Hanukkah—it’s just that important to me. I’d also like to wish you all a Happy Antonin Sca...
Hello, readers. I’d like to wish you all a Happy Return of the Supreme Court, the same way that one might wish a friend Happy Thanksgiving or Happy Hanukkah—it’s just that important to me. I’d also like to wish you all a Happy Antonin Sca...
There are probably not very many issues on which Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn and I see eye-to-eye. If you look at his website, he definitely lies to the right of this author. However, when I came upon this article in Bloomberg, I thought, “Tom Cobu...
There are probably not very many issues on which Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn and I see eye-to-eye. If you look at his website, he definitely lies to the right of this author. However, when I came upon this article in Bloomberg, I thought, “Tom Cobu...
Warning: Contains Breaking Bad Spoilers For those of us that watched Breaking Bad, the recent bust of the Silk Road online illicit trading network seems like a bit of déjà vu. The similarities between the AMC show’s shady underworld and the illic...
Warning: Contains Breaking Bad Spoilers For those of us that watched Breaking Bad, the recent bust of the Silk Road online illicit trading network seems like a bit of déjà vu. The similarities between the AMC show’s shady underworld and the illic...
As Lena has been covering the notable Supreme Court decisions of this past summer, I figured it would be instructive to preview one of this fall’s most significant cases. Next Tuesday, the justices will once again take up campaign finance law when ...
As Lena has been covering the notable Supreme Court decisions of this past summer, I figured it would be instructive to preview one of this fall’s most significant cases. Next Tuesday, the justices will once again take up campaign finance law when ...
October is proving to be an exciting month for congressional spectators. In several weeks Congress will vote on raising the debt ceiling, in the process Republicans will try to finagle spending concessions out of federal programs dear to Democrats. B...
October is proving to be an exciting month for congressional spectators. In several weeks Congress will vote on raising the debt ceiling, in the process Republicans will try to finagle spending concessions out of federal programs dear to Democrats. B...