The State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL pipeline, released March 1st, has already been subject to loud criticism and...

This week, I originally planned to write of a new and recent phenomenon, the assumption of China as the globe’s leading importer of oil,...

The Providence Journal recently reported $57,232 as Brown’s sticker price for the 2013-14 school year. An increase of 4% over last year’s...

It is no secret that revolution, successful or otherwise, rarely produces results as glorious as initially imagined. For example, the...

The sequestration process has received a lot of press in the at-large media and here on BPR. Still, I would like to devote this week’s...

A week ago, former surgeon general C. Everett Koop died at the age of 96. I most remember Dr. Koop as the spokesmen for Life Alert, maker...

As Black History Month comes to a close, we are all reminded of its significance. Originally Black History Week—marking the birthdays of...

In his recent column on the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute between China and Japan, Carter Johnson raises several interesting points. I...

With the sequester looming, news outlets, TV pundits, and bloggers are all abuzz about immediate issues Americans may face as a result...

Several weeks ago, I wrote of the resurgence of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. I focused on the process by which he plans and hopes...

Following its new trend of Police Case Tuesdays, on February 26, the Supreme Court dealt with yet another case about warrant rights and...

On this week’s podcast, Oliver and Michael join Jarrett to discuss Obama’s statements regarding climate change in SOTU address. Climate...

RI State House (photo by author) Last weekend, I attended the Rhode Island Fiscal Summit, sponsored by a Brown student group called...

It seems absurd to claim that any country in a region as unstable as the Middle East/North Africa could be stagnant – but if any of them...

The sequester, as you’ve probably heard, is happening March 1. What is the sequester? To use a (somewhat unfortunate) metaphor, the...

Since last week’s Carnival Triumph debacle, Carnival Corp., owner of the cruise line, has had a lot of explaining to do. Concerned...

In Myanmar, change seems to be the new norm. Now officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation...

To continue with last week’s theme of “recently-heard Supreme Court cases that have to do with the way the American police force...

I’d like to take a moment to examine one of the most interesting (to me at least) political figures to appear in awhile: Wisconsin...

This past weekend, I took part in a competition that asked public policy students to tackle the issue of childhood obesity. Given how...