Incidents on 57th Street – Winter 2012

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Assistant Professor of History, Matthew Briones recently wrote an article in The Root magazine entitled “Why I Would Take a Bullet for Cornel West,” commemorating more »

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Pirating Principle

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Anyone who even casually uses the internet on a daily basis is likely now aware of two major pieces of legislation that passed through the more »

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Better Together: A Review of Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

It should go without saying that Charles Murray’s latest work Coming Apart is sure to inspire as much derision as it will praise. Such is more »

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In Defense of Life

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In an election year expected to be characterized by talk of debt, taxes, inequality, entitlements, and the vast array of subjects that are highlighted by more »

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Lincolnian Conservatism

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Conservatives have long been ambivalent about American democracy. For the older class of post-war conservatives, the Declaration of Independence held a promise too rooted in more »

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Mismeasuring Man

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Decades of educational reforms have culminated in a lackluster method for evaluating American students: an impersonal capital letter paired with an operator. It fails to more »

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The Inequality Distraction

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Progressives have always been fond of discussing inequality in America, but they have outdone themselves with their recent efforts to bring the issue to the more »

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From the Halls of Congress to the Shores of Main St.

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Defense policy has gotten relatively short shrift in the presidential campaign. In the face of persistently high unemployment and worldwide financial instability, this is to more »

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To the Editors – Winter 2012

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To the Editors: There are many things this letter is not. This is not a defense of John Mearsheimer. He does not need my defense. more »

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From the Editors: On the Controversy of John Mearsheimer

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

When, after a long career built on a theory that domestic political relationships had a minimal impact on any state’s foreign policy, John Mearsheimer co-wrote more »

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What’s The Matter With Experts?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

The Nerve of Conservatism   It is among the most common of insults lodged toward the right: conservatives are anti-science, distrust experts, and demean intelligence. more »

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