By: Jonathan Fried Extreme ideological polariz-ation and large structural deficits are a match made in hell. Indeed, it is quite possible that, given the yawning chasm between congressional Democrats and Republicans, the U.S. will stagger from one mild fiscal crisis to the next. Perhaps the real drivers of our structural budget deficit will be successfully addressed, and perhaps not. But [...]
by Vanessa Koh The brutal rape and subsequent death of a 23-year-old student in India have sparked outrage and protests against endemic gendered violence. However, there is something unsettling about the way western media has relayed the story of this rape and has handled rape culture. Libby Purves of The Times asserts, “Indian women need a cultural earthquake,” as “murderous, [...]
By: Chad Klitzman A CIA operative orchestrates an elaborate plot to rescue six Iranian hostages in Ben Affleck’s “Argo.” America’s 16th president illustrates the power of compromise as he works to pass the thirteenth amendment in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln.” And, an elite team of Navy SEALs raids a Pakistani compound housing the world’s most wanted man in Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero [...]
By: Benjamin Droz There is a reason why I read political books. It is not because I love the often dry, statistics-filled, obviously self-promoting style of similar texts; it is because these texts often have a therapeutic quality. I follow and participate in politics in this country, because I feel a nagging frustration with all that surrounds us. What drives [...]
By: Anthony Cruz It is rare to hear Belarus counted among states accused of human rights violations. American scholars, commentators, and writers tend to focus on China, Iran, Syria, and North Korea as the world’s worst human rights offenders. Since its separation from the Soviet Union in 1990, however, Belarus has maintained one of the world’s worst human rights records. [...]
By: Gregory Segal In December 1991, after over 45 years of bitter rivalry with the United States, the Soviet Union suddenly disappeared from the world map. With the Soviet Union’s abrupt disintegration, Americans quickly believed that the Cold War, and the era it entailed, rapidly ended along with it. As President George H. W. Bush said in a June 1992 [...]
By: Nadia Tareen As I was scrolling through the latest headlines on January 3, one particular news story quickly caught my eye: “Taliban leader Nazir killed in drone strike.” As an avid fan of the series “Homeland,” I marveled at how life was imitating art. The Showtime series revolves around the CIA’s efforts to kill an infamous terrorist with the [...]
By: Edoardo SaravalleActor Gerard Depardieu’s public renunciation of his French citizenship in response to the 75% marginal tax rate instituted in France by President Francois Hollande acted as a warning sign, suggesting that Europe’s high tax model is quickly becoming obsolete. While this individual case was in many ways particular — the Supreme Court eventually annulled the rate and Depardieu himself [...]
By: Raquel Macgregor After hearing Romney’s “I don’t want to go down the path to Spain” comment during the first U.S. 2012 presidential debate, I had to laugh at the irony of my choice of Seville, Spain for my semester abroad. It seems I couldn’t have picked a worse time to live in Spain. Poverty and unemployment are ubiquitous, there [...]
Venezuela’s recent election following the death of former President Hugo Chávez resulted in a tight race with the winner being Chavez’s chosen successor – Nicolás Maduro. However, this uproar regarding Venezuela is overlooking a lot of critical features of an electoral system Jimmy Carter called “the best in the world.” The process is entirely electronic, and uses a thumb print [...]
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