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Obama’s Victory and the Next Four Years
Barack Obama will remain president for four more years. After winning 97 more electoral votes and roughly one million more popular votes than Mitt Romney, Obama will take on the …
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The Death of Novels Means the Rise of TV
In 1981, Salman Rushdie released his second novel, Midnight’s Children, for which he won the Booker Prize for the best original full-length novel of the year. His fourth novel, Their …
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Can Anybody Beat the Heat?
At the end of the 2011-12 NBA season, the Miami Heat looked like not only the best team in the league, but also a dynasty in the vein of Bird’s …
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Super PACs and Our Campaign Finance Problem
In an increasingly partisan country, one issue threatens both sides and the integrity of the democracy on which America was built. The messy and corrupt realm of campaign finance has been …
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“House of Cards” and the Changing Television Medium
It’s been a long time coming, but it seems like we are about to enter an age where one doesn’t need a TV to actually watch TV. Netflix recently announced …
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Taking Stock of the First Presidential Debate
Over the years there has been much discourse on the role debates play in affecting the outcome of presidential elections. Only three elections are believed to have been swung by …
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A World in Flux: BU Professors Discuss U.S.-Pakistani Relations
On September 25, the BBC reported that constant U.S. drone strikes on militant groups are traumatizing to everyday citizens. Four days prior, Pakistani protests against the American-produced and now-infamous “Innocence …
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‘The Master’ is Delightfully Dense
I won’t pretend I understood The Master. I can’t tell you exactly what it was about, and I’m not sure I would recommend it to most people. But when I …
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