“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” – John F. Kennedy, 1963 Since the close of World War II, the United States maintained a […]
Political Theory
“The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. There, far from exercising a jealous surveillance of each other, we do not feel called upon […]
Self-Interest Well-Understood: A Doctrine in Need of Revival
In 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry enacted a law that redrew the state’s senatorial districts. Under the new lines Federalists were grouped together in fewer districts, constituting a successful effort […]
Docket #16-1161; The Case that Could Change How America Votes
As nations emerge from beneath the fold of colonial empires, they are faced with the task of differentiating themselves from their former sovereigns, yet while colonial nations had the luxury […]
Oppositional Identities: The Pitfalls of Postcolonial Identity Creation in Mongolia
“What people believe prevails over the truth” – Sophocles, The Sons of Aleus Among the societal preoccupations and political wedge issues that have pervaded American culture, none is perhaps […]
A Post-Truth Era: America’s Agora
Perhaps something is being overlooked, particularly within the mores of a typical millennial college student
The College Campus and Its Discontents: How Edmund Burke Can Explain the Political Dissonance Between College ...
While neorealism is one of the most prominent theories through which scholars can make sense of the Middle East, it is not a total prescription
The Middle East and the U.S. Invasion of Iraq: What Does Theory Tell Us?
Why it’s time to move on from outdated schools of thought
Transhumanism and Critical Theory as Alternatives to Liberalism
Theories and dangers of libertarian thinking
What’s Wrong with Liberty?
The recent impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil may be a step toward anti-corruption