Penn State’s Frightening Defense
Even as a student, during perhaps the bleakest years of an otherwise dominating half-century of college football, I knew my school was just as likely to be called “Linebacker U” as Penn State. Yet, upon recently returning to my alma mater, I noticed that Beaver Stadium isn’t the only building on campus where a strong defense is revered.
Obama’s Shortsighted Vision of Unity
March 19, 2008 | Published by Huffington Post
Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech appears to have raised Obamania to new heights with its so-called frank discussion of race relations and politics in America. Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic could barely contain his excitement, calling it “searing, nuanced, gut-wrenching, loyal, and deeply, deeply Christian,” as well as, “a speech we have all been waiting for for a generation.” I guess I’ve been waiting for something a little different then because [...]
Lessons from Protesting Guantánamo
February 1, 2008 | Published by Foreign Policy In Focus
Wearing orange jumpsuits with black hoods, we knelt in silence on the steps of the Supreme Court to protest the seventh year that prisoners are being held in Guantánamo Bay without habeas corpus rights and subjected to torture [...]
The End Of Big Politics
October 19, 2007 | Published by Huffington Post
By announcing his plan to run on both the Republican and Democratic tickets in his home state of South Carolina, Stephen Colbert has illustrated better than anyone that there is very little difference between the two parties, at least when it comes to their mainstream candidates [...]
Fear And Loathing On The Jersey Shore
Like much of America, even the small beach towns along the Jersey Shore are influenced by the presence of a military base.
Why Pay For War?
Those working for peace may want to voice their dissent through tactics that sever the flow of tax dollars to policies they find morally reprehensible.
