• Zombies vs. The World: A Book Review
  • Will Newt’s Cheating Help Him?
  • The Duty of Any Nation
  • Virginia Tech, Unfiltered
  • Issue 15.3: Protest Pandemic

Zombies vs. The World: A Book Review

After years of reading through political science academic writings at their most mundane, there is not much left that could really inspire me to delve deeper into the field. While I’m always up for learning more, it would take something pretty spectacular to make me want to study realpolitik and [...]

Will Newt’s Cheating Help Him?

This column marks the first installment of Groupthink, a new article format in which your comments and responses are re-worked back into the article to invite further discussion and draw new conclusions—at least until SOPA shuts it down. What a week for Newt Gingrich: while his marital history has been [...]

The Duty of Any Nation

Cato the Elder was a Roman Senator during the Third Punic War who was known for his hawkish views on Carthage. Our Cato, a Washington University student, holds that force is a valid expression of American policy and intends to explore American policy in the Middle East and why our [...]

Virginia Tech, Unfiltered

Shortly after noon today, a police officer was shot dead on the Virginia Tech campus. Minutes later, police discovered another body in a parking garage. The campus was locked down, cutting it off from the outside world. Information trickled out via Twitter, but the tag #VirginiaTech was soon flooded by [...]

Issue 15.3: Protest Pandemic

Our newest WUPR issue has hit the stands just in time to give you another excuse to not study. The theme of this issue is protests both at home and abroad. Read about fellow students’ experiences at both the Wall Street and St. Louis Occupations, and what real effects these [...]

 

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Obama Starts Reelection with State of the Union

Obama Starts Reelection with State of the Union

As is wont to happen in an election year, President Barack Obama used last night’s State of the Union address to articulate new campaign promises, tout successes of his first term, and spin failures into palatable stepping stones on the road...

 

Mitt Romney and the Media

Mitt Romney and the Media

Over winter break, I spent some time with my grandparents, both of whom are lifelong Democrats.  They bleed blue and have never voted for a Republican candidate.  Despite this, they are less than pleased with President Obama’s performance. ...

 

Will Newt’s Cheating Help Him?

Will Newt’s Cheating Help Him?

This column marks the first installment of Groupthink, a new article format in which your comments and responses are re-worked back into the article to invite further discussion and draw new conclusions—at least until SOPA shuts it down. What...

 

International »

How We Became the Enemy

How We Became the Enemy

Let me paint a picture for you. You are a U.S citizen, sitting in your living room, eating a snack. Suddenly the neighboring house explodes into flame, showering your lawn with dust and debris. Later, after the smoke has cleared, you hear on...

 

Carrots and Sticks

Carrots and Sticks

A stable, cooperative Pakistan is both a prerequisite for eradicating al-Qaeda and a key for NATO success in Afghanistan. As Michael Mullen has emphasized, “there is no solution in the region without Pakistan, and no stable future in the region...

 

Greece Ruins Everything for Everybody

Greece Ruins Everything for Everybody

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (Photo by Vasilis Filis, Wikimedia Commons) For those of you just joining the ongoing Greek debt/Euro crisis currently unfolding, here’s the abridged version: For years, Greece employed excessive...

 
 

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Obama Starts Reelection with State of the Union

Obama Starts Reelection with State of the Union

As is wont to happen in an election year, President Barack Obama used last night’s State of the Union address to articulate new campaign promises, tout successes of his first term, and spin failures into palatable stepping stones on the road...

 

Mitt Romney and the Media

Mitt Romney and the Media

Over winter break, I spent some time with my grandparents, both of whom are lifelong Democrats.  They bleed blue and have never voted for a Republican candidate.  Despite this, they are less than pleased with President Obama’s performance. ...

 

Zombies vs. The World: A Book Review

Zombies vs. The World: A Book Review

After years of reading through political science academic writings at their most mundane, there is not much left that could really inspire me to delve deeper into the field. While I’m always up for learning more, it would take something...

 

Will Newt’s Cheating Help Him?

Will Newt’s Cheating Help Him?

This column marks the first installment of Groupthink, a new article format in which your comments and responses are re-worked back into the article to invite further discussion and draw new conclusions—at least until SOPA shuts it down. What...

 

Gingrich, the Bombastic Bomb-Thrower

Gingrich, the Bombastic Bomb-Thrower

Newt Gingrich, the volatile new frontrunner of an equally volatile Republican presidential primary, stepped into controversy again last week. In a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition, Gingrich argued that Palestinians are an “invented”...

 

The Duty of Any Nation

The Duty of Any Nation

Cato the Elder was a Roman Senator during the Third Punic War who was known for his hawkish views on Carthage. Our Cato, a Washington University student, holds that force is a valid expression of American policy and intends to explore American...

 

The Future of the Republican Party

The Future of the Republican Party

The current direction of the Republican Party is set to doom it as legitimate, competitive political party. Instead of modernizing its political platform to fit the changing social views of society, it is regressing and becoming even more right-wing....

 

Virginia Tech, Unfiltered

Virginia Tech, Unfiltered

Shortly after noon today, a police officer was shot dead on the Virginia Tech campus. Minutes later, police discovered another body in a parking garage. The campus was locked down, cutting it off from the outside world. Information trickled...

 

Strong, Wrong

Strong, Wrong

Rick Perry has been running a new ad in Iowa entitled “Strong,” which has garnered one of the largest YouTube dislike-to-like ratios that this humble blogger has ever seen. Let’s break it down line by line, shall we? I’m...

 

States’ Rights Today

States’ Rights Today

In a globalized world, competition between countries seems to be the prime concern for people interested in seeing which political system works best. To answer these questions, we need not look past our borders. These same concerns can be answered...