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BPR Podcast, Vol. 1, Segment 3: Education Policy
For this week’s BPR podcast, Oliver Hudson and Michael D’Ortenzio joined Jarrett Key to discuss education policy in the wake of Obama’s...
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Dec 1, 20121 min read


Didn’t We Already Declare the Affordable Care Act Constitutional?!
Welcome back, readers! For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope your holiday was swell. Mine was marred by the sudden onset of...
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Nov 28, 20124 min read


Climate Change is Real, Get Over It Already
It’s a little funny how climate change is an issue of belief. Most controversial issues, like evolution, are framed in terms of faith....
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Nov 26, 20123 min read


Negotiations with a Side of Hamas
The ceasefire established Wednesday between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas (which controls the Gaza Strip) ended a week of rocket...
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Nov 23, 20125 min read


BPR Interview: Jodi Kantor, Author of “The Obamas”
Jodi Kantor is a corespondent for The New york Times and author of The Obamas, an investigative account of the First Family’s initial...
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Nov 21, 20124 min read


Hollande goes to Syria
I was hoping to stop writing on austerity and switch to nationalism and the extreme right in Europe. However, France’s recognition of the...
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Nov 20, 20123 min read


America: A Tradition Like No Other
Bill O’Reilly (by Justin Hoch) On election night, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly said, regarding the demographic shifts that helped President...
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Nov 19, 20123 min read


Did the Democrats Win on Election Day?
At first, the answer to this question is easy. Another term in the White House, two additional Senate seats, and eight new blue...
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Nov 15, 20123 min read


BPR Podcast, Volume 1, Segment 2: Debriefing the Election
For this week’s segment, Jarrett is joined by Michael D’Ortenzio and Oliver Hudson to discuss the Election, the wins and losses for both...
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Nov 15, 20121 min read


The Future of La Raza Studies in Arizona
According to an article published by Education Week just yesterday, Tucson Unified’s hugely popular and highly controversial...
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Nov 14, 20122 min read


“Congratulations President Obama”: Messages that Reveal US Foreign Relations
A BBC survey of around 20 million people in 21 countries found high support for Obama during the run-up. As soon as President Obama’s...
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Nov 14, 20124 min read


Adultery, David Petraeus, and Impeachment: Get Over It Already
Happy “Week after the Presidential Election,” readers! I hope you’ve been productive—Washington, D.C. sure has. The scandal regarding...
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Nov 14, 20125 min read


Why that Bridge to the Future is So Expensive
After an election there’s often fleeting talk of compromise. One area that seems ripe for compromise is infrastructure. In 2009, the...
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Nov 12, 20124 min read


Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk: a Strategy for the European Left
If Tuesday’s elections represented the triumph of liberalism in the US, no similar trend is to be found in Europe. Far from capitalizing...
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Nov 9, 20123 min read


Koppelman’s “Slimy” Constitution
In my last article, I explained that certain provisions of the Constitution that are broad in nature must not be arbitrarily narrowed as...
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Nov 8, 20122 min read


Bahrain, Humbug!
When we think about the so-called “Arab Spring,” which countries come to mind? Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen are the first: the ones...
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Nov 7, 20124 min read


Checks and Balances Aren’t a New Concept—Just Ask Polybius!
In a daring move that completely ignores the results of the election that just happened last night, I’m going to talk some more about...
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Nov 7, 20125 min read


BPR Election Day Breakdown (Video)
Projects Director Jarrett Key invites Editor-at-Large Ben Koatz and Editor-in-Chief Ben Wofford to discuss how the election will break.
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Nov 6, 20121 min read


Fiscal Transfer Unions: US, Germany, EU(?)
The Economist recently posted an interesting article on fiscal transfers between the sixteen German states, with the subtitle “Germans...
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Nov 6, 20122 min read


A Liberal’s Argument for Romney
I’m a political junkie, and even I’m sick of this campaign. If 2008 felt like we were watching history textbooks being written, 2012 has...
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Nov 5, 20124 min read
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