
Can Mitt Really Win?
With Newt Gingrich suspending his campaign last week and Rick Santorum’s presidential effort a distant memory, Mitt Romney is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Both parties have started acting …
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With Newt Gingrich suspending his campaign last week and Rick Santorum’s presidential effort a distant memory, Mitt Romney is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Both parties have started acting …
Read MoreThe Republican presidential primary is now stretching into its fourth month, and I am not ashamed to say that I have had about enough pandering and word-mincing to last me …
Read MoreFour years ago when Barack Obama was running for president, he promised to lead with a radically different philosophy than former President George W. Bush. Obama gave speeches in Europe …
Read MoreIn October, the United States, Israel, and Canada all elected to pull funding from the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization – UNESCO – after the organization voted to …
Read MoreLast week when my home state of Michigan burst onto the national political scene for the first time since the last time a primary passed through, Mitt Romney looked like …
Read MoreIn the last two weeks, social issues have suddenly jumped back into the national political scene. Issues like birth control, abortion, and even the motives of the Girl Scouts have …
Read MoreA woman’s right to birth control suddenly became a political question for the first time in recent memory this week, following a tussle over a requirement that religious-affiliated employers cover …
Read MoreWith unemployment remaining high for recent college graduates and the burden of student loan debt increasing all the time, it is crucial that young people make their voices heard politically …
Read MoreThe Republican primary, which looked like it was in danger of stabilizing last week, has dealt us a fresh surprise with Rick Santorum’s victories in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri on …
Read MoreSomehow (actually, I know how. It was that whole time marches on thing) I have reached the end of my semester in Paris. Final papers have been written, final exams …
Read MoreOver the past several weeks, I have slowly become aware of the fact that I am not awful at French anymore. This is not to say, of course, that I …
Read MoreI have always been one of those people who believes strongly in the sanctity of Thanksgiving. It isn’t a just a buffer holiday so people have a reason for a …
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