• Introducing Monsieur Hollande: A Hard Look at France’s New President

    Introducing Monsieur Hollande: A Hard Look at France’s New President

    By: Jacqueline Van de Velde After facing off against France’s Goliath, the now former president Nicholas Sarkozy, Francois Hollande was elected as president of France last week by a narrow margin. He steps into his position burdened with lofty expectations: [...]

  • Cyber Security, or Congress Censoring the Internet?

    Cyber Security, or Congress Censoring the Internet?

    By: Jonathan Klein  Just two weeks after the Egyptian government threatened to cut off access to the web, in mid-January millions of Internet users realized their worst fears: they couldn’t load sites that played pivotal roles in their lives. Across [...]

  • The Great Red Hope

    The Great Red Hope

    By: Park MacDougald Can a Socialist knock some economic sense into the Eurozone? Socialism and neo-liberal economics don’t traditionally go hand in hand. Here in the Land of the Free, “socialist” is a favorite epithet used by those on the [...]

  • Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold: China’s Struggle for the Arctic

    Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold: China’s Struggle for the Arctic

    By: Megan White  On the outermost surface, King David, Daniel LaRusso, and Norway do not appear to have much in common. One is a biblical ruler, another is a martial arts enthusiast, and another is a mid-sized Scandinavian nation. One [...]

  • What Happened to the Political Protest Song?

    What Happened to the Political Protest Song?

    By: Emily Kopp “The times they are a changin’.” No, really. The U.S. federal executive branch continues to expand its jurisdiction, a ruthless dictator in the Middle East exerts a systematic daily bloodbath against his own people in a frenzied [...]

  • Ignorance is Bliss?

    Ignorance is Bliss?

    By: Ronnie Kurtz “I love Fidel Castro.” By now, Miami Marlins’ manager Ozzie Guillen’s statements made in an interview with Time magazine have become a quote heard ‘round the world. And if you’ve been paying attention to the media firestorm [...]