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: Gabriel Delaney Comprehensive immigration reform is a policy accomplishment that has eluded President Obama thus far in his presidency. The whole of Congress has stalled on the issue, leaving behind more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in a state of quasi-American citizenship that neither grants them a right to a free life nor holds them accountable for paying into [...]
By: Brian Liu Despite China’s recent economic success, social and economic problems lie just beyond the horizon. These issues include an unsustainable economic model, a failed One-Child policy, and political corruption. The burden of these problems now falls into the lap of Xi Jinping, China’s newly selected leader of the executive politburo committee. In order to remedy such problems, the [...]
By: Aidan McConnell As Argentina contends with rising inflation, looming economic stagnation, and concerns about a return to authoritarianism, protests—some 700,000 strong—have rocked the streets of Buenos Aires and cities around the world. Comprised of predominantly middle-income Argentinian citizens, the demonstrations primarily stem from reforms and policy directives of the nation’s controversial president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and are fueled [...]
By: Jonathan Fried In April 2010, Anna Tsiotsias (C’14) and Frances Rodriguez (C’15) faced off in the final round of twelve at the prestigious high school debate Tournament of Champions. The event was Congressional Debate, and the first mock bill on the agenda proposed capping non-defense discretionary spending. Their four-minute speeches were eloquent and fast-paced, their arguments rigorously substantiated and [...]
By: Chad Klitzman Snails are very interesting creatures. Notorious for their languid personalities, snails have long been symbols of laziness and, in Christian text, symbols of the fourth deadly sin, sloth. This piece is not about snails, nor is it about the fourth deadly sin. This piece is about the postal service and how communication via the postal service is [...]
By John Cheo LET’S TAKE a walk down memory lane. Remember the kid in middle school with whom no one would form a team for a group project because he sounded, acted, dressed, or smelled weird? Or the kid in high school to whom an invitation to the coolest party would not be extended on similar grounds? Open, voluntary association [...]
By: Jonathan Fried By 2020, our gross national debt will breach $20 trillion. This is not a popular reality; few want America to hold debts exceeding 100% of its GDP, and many, particularly conservatives, see debt reduction as our top national priority. A fierce debate now exists regarding the United States’ fiscal maneuverability and the point at which the public [...]
By: Benjamin Droz Today’s world does not have a welcome mat for high school graduates. In fact, it seems that the more one looks into the job market, the less accessible it appears. A college degree is increasingly important for the careers that allow Americans to live at a middle class level and raise a family in any degree of [...]
By: Isaac A. Blancas “Queremos independencia desde austeridad de España,” translated as “we want independence from Spain’s austerity.” This was only one of the many chants that rang out across the Cortes Generales, Spain’s main parliamentary institution, during the mass protests earlier in September. The austerity measures are among the most contentious issues that define the current European sovereign-debt crisis, [...]
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