A new wave of American populism is on the rise. Spurred by the crash of 2008 and a subsequently gridlocked government, many Americans have come to a realization: they are losers in a system whose beneficiaries are gatekeepers to the country’s most influential institutions, and can thus effectively block all attempts at serious structural change. […]
Category: Nation & World
The Greatest Experiment
The United States is the one country on Earth that all of humanity looks towards. It’s a shining beacon of hope for the security, opportunity, and ability for greatness that everyone yearns for. It was the Founding Fathers’ vision—and a great unprecedented experiment—to create a country that could provide such things for everyone, but the […]
17…and counting?
Three of our presidents—Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Barack H. Obama—have one unique thing in common. All three of these men, at one point during their tenure, passed immigration reform in favor of protecting the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States, and to be completely honest, this doesn’t make any sense—at first. […]
Understanding the Weaknesses of a State-Controlled Education System
Malala Yousafzai, at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia, shared with the world the message she had conveyed to President Obama while meeting with him in the Oval Office: if you send drones and guns to fight wars on foreign soil, you’ll arm the world and make it ready for war; if you send […]
The ISIS Conundrum
The rise of ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) seems to be ripped out of a novel with far too many turns after its climax. The United States has ended its original war in Iraq and is now in the process of winding down its other war in Afghanistan. In 2011, President Obama […]
A Response to “Israel’s Choice: Dead End or Two-State”
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, four-term senator and ambassador, once said, “You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.” Unfortunately these words ring too true in last month’s article, “Israel’s Choice: Dead End or Two-State,” by Priom Islam. In his article, although some of his conclusions are correct, Islam engages in misleading and […]
The Key to U.S. Influence: Our Diverse Population
The United States has dominated the political scene ever since the end of the two world wars. We may be looked down upon when we are tourists in other countries, we may not have the highest scores on international student test rankings, we may not even have the most efficient economy—but there’s a silent respect […]
Israel’s Choice: Dead End or Two-State
Israel recently waged a new offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. After three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped in Hebron, Israel accused Hamas of the incident, yet offered no evidence to back up its assertion. Israel had also been accusing Hamas of rearming itself and firing rockets into southern Israeli territory for some time now. […]
The Ebola Epidemic
The current outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has become a public health emergency requiring global attention. This virus first appeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976 and has now unprecedentedly reappeared. The year’s outbreak started in May in Guinea and spread to neighboring countries Sierra Leone and Liberia. The World […]
The Poison of Unadulterated Inequality
I don’t want to lay clichés in front of you. So let’s talk about something that comes across as over discussed but is clearly not. Racist sentiment has poked its ugly head quite a bit over the past week. Cliven Bundy, a well-known Nevada rancher, made ripples across the country when he made racist comments in […]
