By: Conor O’Malley Even though it has been about four years since its release, I found myself watching The Kingdom, starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner the other day. It was not the first time I have seen it, but it was however, the first time I had watched it since studying abroad last spring. Granted … Continue reading
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The Altar of Presidency
Gene Healy’s The Cult of the Presidency is one of those books that make you stop and ponder the conceptions that you held before reading it. Healy discusses how the Office of the President of the United States expanded its power from its constitutional limits established in the 18th century to an office that encompasses characteristics … Continue reading
What Does It Really Mean to be American?
Yesterday morning I attend a panel at the Brookings Institution on “What It Means to be American: New Poll Explores Attitudes in an Increasingly Diverse America”, organized in co-operation with the Public Religion Research Institute. The panel reported the results of a poll conducted by PRRI on attitudes that Americans have towards Islam, American Muslims, … Continue reading
Regime Change: Helping or Hurting Nonproliferation?
By: Alan Ahn The last time the term “regime change” had significance in the minds of the American public was during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Ostensibly, one of the primary purposes of the campaign was to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction. Nearly a decade later, regime change in the form of … Continue reading
Exxon’s Russian Success
By: Glen Johnson The urban landscape of contemporary Moscow is a far cry from its Marxist-Leninist days. Indeed, one would now be hard-pressed to find a major American fast food company whose presence is not ubiquitous in Moscow; among more recent additions to the scene one will find Papa Johns, Wendy’s, and Burger King. The … Continue reading
The Conflict between Environmental Regulation and Regulatory Principles
By: Alan Ahn One keystone of the American regulatory system is the cost-benefit analysis. In other words, the costs and benefits of various regulatory options should be accurately weighed, and the regulation ultimately selected should pose the least burden on society and provide the greatest net benefit. While this is a great idea on paper, … Continue reading
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The Most Colorful Ambassador
In a illuminating interview on the Colbert Report on August 15, 2011, the current US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, drew an curious parallel between the annual opening speeches on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the famous Star Wars cantina scene. She did it in a joking tone, as expected from a show … Continue reading
Quintessential Class: The Origins of Bow Tie Tuesday
We have often pondered the nature of the tie. Why is it expected in certain environments to hang a tailored piece of cloth from your neck? Perhaps that question is too existential. That is for the sages of yore and the scholars of now to discuss. We have not reached that level of thought… yet. … Continue reading
The Jumbo-Slice Pizza Scheme
Have you ever played that game where one person says a single word and everyone else says the first thing that comes to mind? Lets play. I get to go first. Readyyy… FOOD STAMPS. What are you thinking about? Do you imagine something similar to a postage stamp, but that has a picture of a … Continue reading
Issues in Aligning Climate Change Strategies and Funding
For several years Americans have become increasingly aware of how their actions affect the future environmental state of this nation and the world. The “green movement” is a lifestyle individuals have adopted in order to help, but they alone cannot change the future of the environment. Policy makers, agencies, and state and local governments realize … Continue reading
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