As some devoted followers of this column may have noticed, last week I was unable to write an article due to the massive amount of stress...

We’ve already bemoaned the superficiality and exclusiveness of American presidential debates, but most American voters probably think...

We like to criticize the media for latching on to political gaffes, but we, the people of the Internet, clearly enjoy a good campaign...

Here’s some food for thought: How have Hope-Changers from 2008 dealt with Obama being “The Man”? Brown may be a liberal school, but do we...

Watch tonight’s debate along with the Brown Political Review! We’ll be running a live chat with BPR writers and staff to give insight,...

Montana is not a battleground state, but it has become the latest battleground in campaign finance. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court...

In my last article, Historical Seriousness and the Bill of Rights pt. 2, I explained the problem of selective historical reliance with a...

Marked ballot. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Although the country as a whole has been devastated by the current economic...

We interrupt your regularly scheduled “Lena Rants About Something” Wednesday column to bring you important news—in a few hours, the...

Mitt Romney emerged from last week’s debate the undisputed champion and the owner of a substantial bounce in the polls, but he was almost...

As Hans von Spakovsky explains very well in the SCOTUSblog article “Online VRA symposium: The constitutionality of Section 5 comes to the...

Why Obama lost, in 300 words: As a Democrat, what’s infuriating isn’t that Obama lost; it’s why he lost. It’s so historical, so...

Mitt needs to chip at Obama’s widening lead among women. The debates are his first chance to speak directly to them. Mitt Romney may not...

A recent report by the Population Division of the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs has received a great deal of attention...

The first 2012 Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney debate is coming up on Wednesday. It’s hard to imagine either of the two participants saying...

Last Wednesday, the New York Times ran an opinion article by Theresa Brown entitled “The Human Cost of the Second Amendment.” In her...

In the name of transparency and freedom of information, I need to state right now that I’m a pretty serious feminist. Not necessarily a...

If these voting laws aren’t overturned, polling places could be much emptier than this one in November’s election. Image courtesy of...

Romney’s new ad is a Frankenstein of formerly-discarded messaging strategies. Will it work? Supposedly, Mitt Romney crossed the “choice...

In SCOTUSblog’s recent article, “Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia’s constitutional case for gay marriage,” author Dale...