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Let Them Eat Cake
Wikimedia Commons In the midst of a veritable hornet’s nest of scandals and bureaucratic intrigues that have rocked Washington in recent weeks, one issue has been dragged back into the spotlight:...
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Voters-R-Us
Wikimedia Commons As unbelievable as it sounds, Congress is actually taking real steps to (at least attempt to) engage in a debate that has for decades often been nothing more than a political talking...
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Old Times There Are Not Forgotten
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that mandated that certain states and districts with a historical reputation for racial discrimination...
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Greener and Greater For Some
PlaNYC’s deadline for achieving 132 initiatives and 400 milestones looms near: December 31 of this year, and I’m not impressed. With PlaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg hopes to accomplish what looks to be a huge...
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Egypt’s Mexican-Style Coup
Wikimedia Commons As I write this, there is less than an hour left to the end of the Egyptian Army’s 48-hour ultimatum that unless an agreement can be reached between the President Mohammed Morsi and...
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Ich Bin Ein Hypocrite
Wikimedia Commons Back in 2008, then-Senator Obama gave a speech in Berlin to around 200,000 raving and adoring Germans. The Germans, in this case effectively representing generic Europeans, saw the...
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Egypt’s Uncertain Democracy
The military demonstrates its support for the anti-Morsi protests. Last Wednesday, as I watched revolution in Egypt unseat it’s first democratically elected president, I couldn’t help but acknowledge...
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Imminent Threat: When Can We Stop a Publication?
The trial of Private Bradley Manning, the man accused of leaking thousands of documents to whistleblower website WikiLeaks, began on June 3, 2013. Established by Julian Assange in 2006, WikiLeaks is a...
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The Blindfold of Justice
Wikimedia Commons The trial of George Zimmerman over his 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin – a trial that has captured massive national attention and stirred debate about racism and gun violence – is...
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Amidst Upheaval, a Land of Opportunity
Over the past three years, the Arab uprisings have sown a land of feast and famine in the Middle East. Across the region, the downfall of old regimes and power structures has unhinged traditional...
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Iran’s New Leader
Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran For the United States, 2013 has been a critical year throughout the Middle East. The ongoing Arab Spring has resulted in sudden transformations of the political system...
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Chasing Daisies
Al-Nusra opposition fighters At last, the Americans and the Russians have seemingly struck a deal. It only took a flurry of diplomatic activity, the world’s most scrutinized op-ed, and three weeks of...
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Political Minutes: Herman Van Rompuy
Herman Van Rompuy A Wednesday afternoon discussion with Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, began with a fourteen-syllable break from the World Leader’s Forum weeklong stream of...
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Albanian Prime Minster Edi Rama Speaks at World Leaders Forum
For nearly two weeks, Columbia has been hosting international figures in politics, economics, and academia as part of the prestigious World Leaders Forum. This Friday at Low Memorial Library, I...
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A Vindication of the Rights of Fossil Fuels
Solar: 170,000 terawatts. Tidal: 3.5 TW. Biomass: 150 TW. Wind: 500 TW. These numbers matter. They tell a story of available renewable energy, of energy that could be harvested continuously. There are...
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Great Barrier Grief
For the past few years, Australia’s economy has largely avoided the downturn that other Western economies have experienced. Unemployment peaked at 5.7%, far below the US peak of 10.2% and less than...
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No Man’s Land
from Wikimedia CommonsA little over a decade ago, the United States brought war to Iraq. Within weeks, its dictatorship was toppled and its original infrastructure destroyed. While the war went to off...
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Why Pakistan Still Matters
from Wikimedia CommonsThis week, the U.S. government agreed to offer Pakistan $1.6 billion in military and economic aid, a surprising move if one looks at the latter’s record at fighting against...
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So how unique was Sandy?
Wikimedia Commons There is a common perception in the public sphere that short-term weather events are signals and symptoms of long-term climate change. Every time there is a major weather event, such...
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The Arab World in Historical Perspective
From Wikimedia CommonsIdeas and ideologies carry large weight, especially if one takes the Arab world in political context. As citizens of the twenty first century, we often overlook the cause of the...
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