Month / March 31, 2011

Ben Ali: Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the authoritarian former head of Tunisia was deposed in the revolt of 2010-11. The Tunisian revolution has arguably been the starting point of the wave of unrest still spreading across the Middle East. Born near the city of Sousse in 1936, Ben Ali graduated from military academies…

The fact that St. Louis was featured at the top of CQ Press’s “Most Dangerous Cities in America” list has become a joke for Wash. U. students. Admittedly, it is amusing to claim that you go to school in the most dangerous city in America. But in reality, this rather notorious distinction can have a…

Recently, I’ve forced more than a few friends to listen to me complain about the fact that people only began to care about Wisconsin after I left. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver has become an indie idol, the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, and Brett Favre gave his reputation as a gunslinger a…