What a privilege it is to hate. To roil in anger or resentment. What satisfaction it brings us to share our ire with others and hear it echoed or reaffirmed. We feel validated—vindicated even—and, smug in our delusion of consonance, we proceed to...
Dr. Faraz Harsini is the founder and CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP), a nonprofit organization working with students to promote animal rights and plant-based diets on college campuses. ASAP has chapters at 19 college campuses, inc...
United States Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) was elected as the junior senator from Illinois on November 8, 2016. A former US Army helicopter pilot, she lost both legs and partial use of her right arm while leading a combat mission during Operation I...
If a man’s career represents his life story, Ambassador Chas Freeman’s tells a tale of success, excitement, and — not surprisingly — diplomacy. Having held positions such as the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Assistant Secretary of Defense fo...
If a man’s career represents his life story, Ambassador Chas Freeman’s tells a tale of success, excitement, and — not surprisingly — diplomacy. Having held positions such as the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Assistant Secretary of Defense fo...
The 2016 Republican presidential primary has been – in a word – unpredictable. Ink and airtime have been monopolized by a confounding campaign season. From a field including nine past or present governors and four senators, a businessman with no ...
The 2016 Republican presidential primary has been – in a word – unpredictable. Ink and airtime have been monopolized by a confounding campaign season. From a field including nine past or present governors and four senators, a businessman with no ...
A century has passed since the first woman was elected to the United States Congress, but that timespan has yielded little progress in the chronic underrepresentation of women in American federal government. In 1916, the election of Jeanette Rank...
A century has passed since the first woman was elected to the United States Congress, but that timespan has yielded little progress in the chronic underrepresentation of women in American federal government. In 1916, the election of Jeanette Rank...
Is it Super PACs or the liberal media that’s corrupting Washington? While most presidential candidates recognize the American political process is broken, they can’t seem to agree on which special interest to blame. Amidst all this scapegoating, ...
Is it Super PACs or the liberal media that’s corrupting Washington? While most presidential candidates recognize the American political process is broken, they can’t seem to agree on which special interest to blame. Amidst all this scapegoating, ...
It was hard to ignore CNN’s attempts to publicize the most recent Republican debate. The cable news channel released an ad nearly a month before the event featuring dramatic music, flashing graphics, and theatrical images of the candidates — a pr...
It was hard to ignore CNN’s attempts to publicize the most recent Republican debate. The cable news channel released an ad nearly a month before the event featuring dramatic music, flashing graphics, and theatrical images of the candidates — a pr...
For the last three decades, anti-debt polemics have been the cause célèbre of self-styled “fiscal conservatives.” Over the course of their crusade, deficit hawks have cultivated several strategies to reduce government borrowing and spending. Th...
For the last three decades, anti-debt polemics have been the cause célèbre of self-styled “fiscal conservatives.” Over the course of their crusade, deficit hawks have cultivated several strategies to reduce government borrowing and spending. Th...
On a tense Friday last August, two teenagers shed tears in a Concord, New Hampshire courthouse. One was Owen Labrie, a 19-year-old graduate of St. Paul’s School. He had just escaped conviction under a felony rape charge. The second was his accuser,...
On a tense Friday last August, two teenagers shed tears in a Concord, New Hampshire courthouse. One was Owen Labrie, a 19-year-old graduate of St. Paul’s School. He had just escaped conviction under a felony rape charge. The second was his accuser,...
Following the grand jury decision to not indict Darren Wilson, last November hundreds of Bostonians came together for a community conversation on race and policing. Activists and clergy members spoke of the hope they had in the city’s youth. Police...
Following the grand jury decision to not indict Darren Wilson, last November hundreds of Bostonians came together for a community conversation on race and policing. Activists and clergy members spoke of the hope they had in the city’s youth. Police...
When Paul Ryan announced that he was considering running for speaker of the house, he did so with a list of demands. Among them, he wanted more family time and fewer fundraising obligations than previous speakers, the unity of the House Republicans C...
When Paul Ryan announced that he was considering running for speaker of the house, he did so with a list of demands. Among them, he wanted more family time and fewer fundraising obligations than previous speakers, the unity of the House Republicans C...
Edward Snowden’s revelation that the US government was spying on millions of communications between civilians sent shock waves through Silicon Valley. Major technology companies that had often been complicit in the surveillance program, such as Fac...
Edward Snowden’s revelation that the US government was spying on millions of communications between civilians sent shock waves through Silicon Valley. Major technology companies that had often been complicit in the surveillance program, such as Fac...
In a recent Gallup survey, respondents ranked different professions according to perceptions of honesty and ethical standards. Nurses hit the top of the list, and dead last were car salespeople — ranking even behind members of Congress. Although fe...
In a recent Gallup survey, respondents ranked different professions according to perceptions of honesty and ethical standards. Nurses hit the top of the list, and dead last were car salespeople — ranking even behind members of Congress. Although fe...
As if it weren’t already hard enough to get out of bed for early classes, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) may just make it that much more tempting to stay in. MOOCs are educational online courses available to the public, providing mass quantiti...
As if it weren’t already hard enough to get out of bed for early classes, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) may just make it that much more tempting to stay in. MOOCs are educational online courses available to the public, providing mass quantiti...