State of the Union breakdown Aimee Trujillo and Johnathan Bowes January 26, 2015 0 Comments Super Tuesday columnists Aimee Trujillo '15 and Johnathan Bowes '15 reflect on last week's State of the Union. Both columnists fault Obama, but from different perspectives. Trujillo suggests that... Read More »
Bibi and the scarlet letter AZ Gordon January 25, 2015 1 Comment While Netanyahu’s tenuous political standing and upcoming elections are likely the catalysts for his divisive address to Congress in defiance of Obama, blaming the pain away will not resolve our... Read More »
Community colleges: Controlling costs and improving lives Winston Shi January 22, 2015 1 Comment Let me widen the scope and take a look at the elephant in the room. 60 billion over ten years (as Administration officials estimate) is a lot of money. In fact, it’s about $500 for every household... Read More »
Obama’s community college proposal: Too early to judge Austin Block January 21, 2015 0 Comments At first glance, it sounds misanthropic to criticize President Obama’s new community college plan. How could one possibly criticize a program whose goal is to make community college – a gateway to... Read More »
Socialism, rhetoric and American politics Aimee Trujillo and Johnathan Bowes January 12, 2015 26 Comments Aimee Trujillo '15 and Johnathan Bowes '15 take on the rhetoric of socialism. Trujillo declares that socialism has become an insult in American politics but should be picked up by progressives as a... Read More »
Free trade: A site of potential bipartisanship? Debnil Sur January 7, 2015 2 Comments With both foreign policy and the economy turning the corner, President Obama must capitalize upon his sudden strength and use it to broker a deal as soon as possible. With the Republican Senate poised... Read More »
Ashton Carter expected to receive nomination for Secretary of Defense Michael Gioia December 2, 2014 0 Comments According to an anonymous source, Ashton Carter is to be nominated by President Obama as Secretary of Defense. Carter, a Senior Visiting Fellow at The Hoover Institute and Lecturer at The Freeman... Read More »
The tightrope of Chuck Hagel Winston Shi December 2, 2014 0 Comments Hagel’s exit does owe its genesis to party politics: With the Democrats reeling from the 2014 midterm elections, something had to be done, and making a change at Defense became a priority, if only... Read More »