Monday, October 30, 2017

Should Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear in Response to North Korea?

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As North Korea becomes an increasing nuclear threat, North Korea becomes a central part of President Trump's foreign policy. Its capabi...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

#MeToo: Addressing the Nuance in the Sexual Assault Discussion

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Last week, I noticed a social media campaign that was taking place: #MeToo. It was in response to a man named Harvey Weinstein. Before the #...
Monday, October 23, 2017

The Jones Act: How This Protectionism Harms Puerto Rico and the Rest of the U.S.

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It has been about a month since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, and the Puerto Rican community remains devastated by the damage caused. Onl...
Thursday, October 19, 2017

Parsha Noach: Was Noah Really All That Righteous?

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It's all relative.  The intuition behind that idiom is that something may or may not be what it seems depending on what that something i...
Monday, October 16, 2017

10-16-17 Policy Digest: Iran, Clean Power Plan, and Obamacare

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There was so much that happened last week in the world of public policy that I am taking a slightly different format. Rather than go in-dept...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Should Partisan Gerrymandering Be Allowed?

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Last week, the Supreme Court began its new session and brought in the new session with a doozy of a case: Gill v. Whitford. This case is set...
Monday, October 9, 2017

LIHEAP: Maybe the Government Has a Role in Subsidizing Heating...at Least In the Short-Term

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Now that it's Fall, I am reminded that wintertime is not that far off. I live in a place where winters are nowhere near as bad when I wa...