The electronic cigarette, or the e-cigarette, is an old product revolutionized by a sleek, modern platform. Instead of burning tobacco, a...

The past two presidential elections have highlighted the demographic problems the GOP faces on the national stage. Defeat in 2012 showed...

In 1890, the United States Census Bureau announced the end of the Western frontier. Yet the frontier spirit has surfaced intermittently...

In an increasingly competitive college application process, candidates fight tooth and nail for ever-more-coveted spots at their...

It seems that almost everyone is disappointed with October’s government shutdown. Tea Party sympathizers are unhappy that their strategy...

We’re not yet in the year 2014 (and an election season that will determine the composition of Congress for the remainder of President...

Hello, readers, and welcome to December! Just when you thought the Supreme Court was slowing down in preparation for the holiday season,...

The story of cities since the end of WWII was the story of wealth fleeing the center for the suburbs.  In the 60s and 70s, many cities,...

After intense talks with six world powers including the United States, on November 23rd Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program.  The...

It’s not often we get to feel sorry for an elected politician. Government shutdown here, Weinergate there, a Parliamentary expenses...

I’m thankful for America. Does this mean I believe in American exceptionalism? It’s a question I’ve sometimes asked myself. For...

Hello readers, and happy almost Thanksgiving! Whatever your views on the holiday or its circumstances may be, I hope that you eat good...

In my last several columns, I have talked about two programs that aim to stoke civic pride: public art and local currency. Barnaby Evans,...

If you were visiting Georgia Tech on October 15th of this year, you would have likely been amazed by one of the most revolutionary tech...

Nearly all Brown students are familiar with the concept of mutually assured destruction. Taught in even the most cursory of Cold War...

Last spring, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, referred to as the DSM-V, was released. It...

The civil rights of convicted felons are rarely considered important policy issues. At the risk of losing reelection, politicians often...

In an astonishing display of contrition, last Thursday President Obama apologized to Americans who are losing their health insurance...

Although they forced the government into a partial shutdown, Tea Partiers still failed to strip the Affordable Care Act of funding – not...

As noted by tenacious Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi in his 2010 book Griftopia (and reported here in the Atlantic), in 2008 the city...