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Ignoring the Noise, Part I: Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act
Bill Belichick often implores his players to “ignore the noise.” Unfortunately, the noise surrounding this summer’s disclosures about the...
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Sep 11, 20134 min read


Does How You End Up Dead Matter?
It appears we have had two wartime technology questions in the last few months. Both have left me with the same question: Why does the...
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Sep 9, 20132 min read
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Cody Wilson’s War [+ Interview]
On YouTube, Defense Distributed (DD) can seem like a troop of disgruntled teenagers. Their first uploaded video features the heavy,...
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Sep 9, 20136 min read


Sending Smoke Signals
On the night of July 31st, the lower house of Uruguay’s legislature passed a bill that would legalize the production, distribution and...
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Sep 5, 20136 min read


Seeing ‘La Dolce Vita’ Across the Pond
In a well-known stream of consciousness on the series premiere of The Newsroom, fictitious news anchor Will McAvoy expounds on everything...
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Sep 4, 20135 min read


Putin Blinks: Navalny’s Release and Arrested Despotism
Recent events have not painted a pretty picture of Russian democracy. Rights abuses have become prevalent to the point of cliché, and...
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Sep 4, 20135 min read


Putin’s Cold War Vision of Russia
The recent escalation in unjust imprisonments and brutally conservative policy has charged up opponents of the Kremlin. Alexei Navalny, a...
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Sep 4, 20135 min read


The Future of Treason
The truth shall set you free, as the saying goes. As far as whistleblowing in America is concerned, however, the truth seems to be doing...
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Sep 2, 20135 min read


The Local Grocery Business
Towns across America are hitting a troubling paradox in downtown revitalization: people do not want to move downtown until there is a...
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Aug 9, 20132 min read


Philadelphia’s Shaky Foundations
In Philadelphia, workers recently finished sifting through debris for victims’ personal items; Sean Benschop has been charged with...
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Aug 6, 20136 min read


Obamacare’s New Acronyms Spell Change
Things you may not realize health care reform will change: perusing old issues of Home & Garden or Good Housewives while waiting to see...
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Aug 5, 20136 min read


Hong Kong: A Case Study in Rule of Law?
“Libertarian paradise” were words my hedge fund mentor used to describe the city in which we were working on my first day. These are...
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Aug 2, 20134 min read


Did Social Media Help #ChangeBrazil?
#ChangeBrazil, #VemPraRua, #OGiganteAcordou. Whoever first thought to use these trending Brazilian protest labels must feel like an...
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Aug 1, 20136 min read


Zipping Up the Zimmerman Case, Pt. 2
In Part I, BPR’s Lauren Sukin and Thomas Nath debated the legal underpinnings of the Zimmerman verdict and critiqued both the prosecutors...
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Jul 31, 20133 min read


It’s All In The Genes
In the past month, there have been a slew of prominent Supreme Court decisions covering such contentious topics as affirmative action,...
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Jul 31, 20136 min read


Arabian Rights
Natalie Morin, a Canadian woman who settled down in Saudi Arabia in 2009, is trapped inside her own home. Forbidden to visit her family...
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Jul 30, 20135 min read


Zipping Up the Zimmerman Case, Pt. 1
BPR’s Lauren Sukin and Thomas Nath spar over whether the Zimmerman decision is right, the implications of racial prejudice in the justice...
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Jul 29, 20134 min read


The Next Sandy Will Be Worse. Are We Ready?
Get ready for an eventful 2013 hurricane season. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center estimates that three to six major hurricanes (Category...
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Jul 26, 20133 min read


Censoring Rolling Stone Feels Good, But It’s Dead Wrong
Louis C.K., responding to a question on the Daily Show about a Rolling Stone article, replied: “Well they put that kid on the cover that...
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Jul 26, 20133 min read


Not About Us, Without Us: An Argument for Youth Engagement
“Why should I wait until I turn 18? Why is that a magic number for responsibility, for leadership, for empowerment among youth… I’m ready...
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Jul 23, 20134 min read
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