By: Zach Weaver In the midst of the Congressional appointment of the Super Committee, everyone is coming out of the woodwork to provide their opinion of what the Supper Committee (and government as a whole) should do with this expedited authority, as well as the ramifications of their (in)decisions. I stumbled upon this article yesterday from … Continue reading →

By: Quinn Daly With the Hispanic Leadership’s conference Rebuilding the American Dream, soon approaching, it is important to understand the importance of the Hispanic vote in the upcoming 2012 election cycle. As many are aware, Hispanics are a have historically held large sway in border states like California, Arizona, and Texas. However, in recent years … Continue reading →

By: Glen Johnson Interpreters of modern Russia find themselves essentially in one of two camps.  The leading school of interpretation in the West is staffed by a sort of psychologist, who interprets Russian foreign policy as a result of lasting anguish from an expropriated imperial inheritance.  The picture painted by this curious blend of psychoanalyst … Continue reading →

By: Savanna Shuntich Much of the controversy surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) comes from the mandate found in section 1501, requiring all Americans above a certain income level to purchase healthcare. Experts like law professor Randy Barnett of Georgetown University claim that the mandate unconstitutionally relies on the commerce clause. He … Continue reading →

By: Alan Ahn In an article recently posted by CommLawBlog.com, it was reported that the FCC was searching the websites of broadcast stations in order to check for compliance with EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) rules. More specifically, the article states that FCC staffers were personally verifying that stations were posting their required annual EEO reports … Continue reading →

By: Conor O’Malley Healthy People 2020 was introduced from George Washington University (GW) last year in an attempt to make the United States a more healthy country. Similar to their Healthy People 2010, the program is a 10-year objective to get the American people more aware of what they are eating, what they should be … Continue reading →

By: Ryan Holland Last week I had the chance to attend an event hosted by Health Affairs, called “The New Urgency to Lower Costs.”  The topics addressed were pretty dry by themselves, and I found myself most interested during Q&A.  Some members of the audience seemed to be more passionate about health care reform than … Continue reading →

  By: Joshua Plaschkes The American intelligence community has changed considerably since 9/11 in order to combat the asymmetric threat the U.S. now faces. Over the past decade, the intelligence community’s focus on a grand strategy for combating terrorism has evolved into an increasingly symbiotic relationship with the military and paramilitary in their tactical operations. … Continue reading →

By: Glen Johnson On Friday I had the good fortune of attending a talk at the Atlantic Council entitled “Russia and the West: Moving the Reset Forward?”  The experts in attendance, ranging from academics to state officials, were top notch and the various themes covered proved very topical, such as “The State of the Reset” … Continue reading →