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07, 2016
The Back of Atlas: How restructuring the American military can revitalize American cities and create middle-class jobs
By: Mercer May The professionalization of public policy has led to an era in which experts rule the field –
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07, 2016
Georgetown and Slavery: Catholic Redemption in Contemporary Political Time
By: Justin R. Harbour, ALM Georgetown University is currently engaged in an attempt to research, understand, and repair its role
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07, 2016
Antithesis in Federalist Number One
By: Nicholas Napolio [perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Number One” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”16″]It has been frequently remarked that it
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06, 2016
Perfidious Albion Shrugs
Howl of the Day: Jun 27, 2016 On June 23rd, Britons voted that the UK should leave the European Union.
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05, 2016
What Fascism Is Not, What It Is, and Why It Matters
Howl of the Day: May 31, 2016 Fascism, as a term, has become almost synonymous with injustice. And this common
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05, 2016
Iceland as a Model for Popular Mobilization in a Post-2008 World
The connection between political corruption and popular mobilization against a small cadre of rulers is a tale as old as the concept of government itself. From the French Revolution of 1789 to the age of extremist politics in the 1920s and 30s, this relationship rears its head in frequently dramatic fashions that reorient the relationships among the power dynamics within these societies.
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05, 2016
Israel in Europe: How Extreme Voices Come to Dominate the Conversation
By: Joshua Goodman It was a vivid and shocking image: American musician Matisyahu performing on the main stage of a
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05, 2016
Ulysses S. Grant, Trump, and Fascism
In 1862, Ulysses S. Grant ordered the expulsion of all Jews in the military district under his authority. Fast-forward about 150 years, and Donald J. Trump is vowing to create a “deportation force” to expel illegal immigrants from the United States and musing aloud as to whether a database should be created to track American Muslims. Comparing Trump to Grant is an instructive exercise.
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05, 2016
Sullivan, Trump, and Tyranny in America
Howl of the Day: May 3, 2016 Veteran political commentator and online media all-star, Andrew Sullivan, emerged from semi-retirement yesterday,
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03, 2016
Sanders at Dearborn: A Socialist Love-Story
The idea that Bernie Sanders' support among Arabs and Muslims suggests there is little anti-Semitism in America is as absurd as the idea that there is no more racism in America, since it has elected a black president. Sanders is a democratic socialist, and socialism is one of the few Western political ideologies to have taken root in a big way in the Arab and Muslim world. This is a better explanation