I love TED.com. Along with Academic Earth, I spent far too little of my precious hours over the summer watching lectures on everything from Qur’an-based comic books to game theory to sex and human nature (without having to take ANTH104). So it came as a wonderful surprise to hear TED is coming to Penn! On Octobter 1st, TEDxPenn – an [...]
Iran very well may acquire a nuclear bomb in the near future. But is there any reason to fear an Iranian nuclear strike?
We march now ever closer to the resumption of Republican control of the House of Representatives, and perhaps the Senate. The dominant narrative on that question is to focus on the Tea Parties and the climate of rage in the political sphere. For Republicans, it’s a voter revolt against Obama radicalism and big government. For the Democrats its the GOP [...]
It has come to my attention that the page 217 application essay is no more. The DP has a eulogy up, which mostly remarks on the creativity the essay afforded students. Apparently the administration’s rationale goes like this: First, Penn’s use of the Common Application — which has an open-ended essay as an option — made the prompt “repetitive and [...]
The GOP is this close to being thrust back into a chamber of power. Yes, that Grand Old Party, the same one which only 18 months ago was ominously forewarned against becoming a regional party- by its own leader- could have just about begun prep on a November victory dance. But don’t cut up a rug too fast, for it appears the [...]
And you thought Republicans couldn’t be funny… Here is Jerry Labriola, running for Congress for CT in District 3, in all of his (advertising) glory. What makes this ad effective is its clarity. Meaning from a political message exists at the intersection between audience, context and the message itself. Labriola takes into account the audience, respectfully disrespects the context, and provides a [...]
Ezra Klein’s column in the Washington Post on Sunday – “Poli Sci 101” – continued a conversation that’s been going on for a long time in the blogosphere over the relative merits of journalism and political science. Klein belongs to a group of “wonky” bloggers who tend to use data and research in making their points, while disparaging the use [...]
Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent Uyghur activist in China, answers questions from various campus magazines about her life and work.
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Hipsters. Those mythical creatures, a native North American breed, overly cultured and underappreciated in pop culture – see: Stuff Hipsters Hate, latfh, Hipster Dinosaurs, and Hipster Puppies). Yet they did not escape the academics, baffled and intrigued by such unique countercultural narrative. In an effort to better understand hipsterism, authors Mr. Arsel and Mr. Thompson recently published an a paper [...]
Hello, interwebz. Welcome to Penn Political Review’s new webpage. I have been the mastermind behind most of this layout (see image), so I felt it appropriate to highlight a few new features. Firstly, you’ll see quick links in the top right of the page to our Twitter and our Facebook, as well as our RSS feed. We have also [...]
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