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(04/05/11 1:55am)
Last November saw a Republican tidal wave sweep 63 new members of the GOP into the House of Representatives and make John Boehner the Speaker of the House. That election last fall was ultimately the result of many complex factors: disappointment with the president, distress over various economic upheavals and a conservative backlash against several societal changes.
(03/01/11 2:58am)
Back in 2003, it must have been the dream of George W. Bush and his acolytes to see the scenes of revolution in a capital city of the Arab world. These people believed that unilateral invasion of the heart of the region, Iraq, would bring spontaneous democratic revolutions throughout the Middle East. Instead, of course, the ill-fated Iraqi invasion became a massive quagmire and managed to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of making the Arab world hate America even more.
(02/01/11 2:58am)
Well, what a difference a few months makes. After the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, the common perception in the media was that the Barack Obama’s presidency was in a potentially fatal crisis.
(10/26/10 1:55am)
It’s election time again, and it’s unclear where we’re heading.
(08/30/10 1:50am)
In this column I hope to address the issues of government and society at large from my perspective as a political science major and as a progressive, and the latest big news story provides me with a great opportunity to do just that.
(11/16/09 2:57am)
Many of us have had a good laugh listening to the ravings of talk show hosts Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly. Their zany crusades against President Barack Obama have constituted nothing more than rumors and innuendo. The more extreme opponents of Barack Obama have also made themselves open to ridicule, accusing the president of being a foreign-born Nazi, communist and Islamic terrorist who seeks to destroy freedom, liberty and America itself.
(11/12/09 2:59am)
America used to be a society of admirers. We used to look up to athletes, actors, politicians, writers and artists. They used to be given great respect. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. We have fallen into a vicious — I think detrimental — cycle wherein we systemically destroy famous people to make ourselves feel better. It is a sad side effect of our culture today that this is scarcely mentioned by those who suffer from it, because of how well off they really are. So let me, a college student with thousands of dollars of debt, say it for them.
(11/09/09 2:59am)
One of the primary criticisms of this generation is that it is not involved in public — or political — service. Why is it that more people choose to work in business than to work in elected office? I believe many people want to work in government, but the problem is so few want to be a candidate for an office, a phenomenon I’ve personally dubbed “The Caroline Problem.”
(10/22/09 2:58am)
Despite what you may think, the economy has recovered. On Oct. 14, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the best barometer of the stock market, hit 10,000. There has been much criticism that while the Dow has passed 10,000, unemployment will likely soon reach 10 percent. Many have heaped scorn on Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke’s recent statement that the recession is “very likely over.”
(10/08/09 2:59am)
The American people have always been apathetic towards government. But this sentiment has never been quite as strong as it is today. Nearly every problem that one has with our government can be traced to a single fact: Congress has become a broken branch — and the cause of Congress’ inefficiency can largely be traced to the money.
(09/24/09 2:59am)
On Nov. 3, 1969, in a presidential address to the nation, Richard Nixon spoke of his plan to end the Vietnam War. At the time, the country was in the midst of a profound debate over a war, which included vehement criticism of the U.S. policy. While most were disappointed in the results of the war, the liberal critics of the war were vilified in the eyes of the public as a group of extremists who hated what America stood for. Critics said they were a tiny group and did not deserve the attention they received. Nixon sought to win over the majority of Americans who were not anti-war activists by speaking to their rationality and portraying the anti-war activists as a freak, fringe group. Nixon therefore addressed his plan to win in Vietnam to “the great silent majority of my fellow Americans.”
(09/10/09 2:58am)
As I watched Ted Kennedy laid to rest at the end of August, I found myself thinking about 1987. That was the year Kennedy castigated Reagan Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork. During Bork's hearings, Kennedy said, "Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the government." In retrospect, many people think Kennedy's speech was the beginning of the end for Bork. Critics also charge that the harshness of his words caused of our current culture war. Maybe so. As recently as Aug. 28 of this year, The New York Times ran an editorial stating as much.
(08/27/09 4:15am)
"There is nothing more difficult to carry nor more doubtful of success," Niccolo Machiavelli wrote, "than to initiate a new order of things." Therefore, it shouldn't be surprising that the candidate of change is having trouble selling the American people on his largest plan for reform. Americans have always been slow to come around to change, from the years of oppressive British rule to the concern over Obama's health care reform. The supporters of our 44th president, especially the young and liberal ones, have nonetheless become disillusioned at the stalemate. Which begs the question: did you really think it was going to be easy?