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A Strange Article

Alex Copulsky - January 12, 2009

Lamenting the downfall of traditional reading and how people raised on the internet (yes, thank you, that'd be us) are more or less illiterate....

Department of Unsurprising News

Alex Copulsky - January 11, 2009

So apparently Israel approached the United States asking if we'd be willing to help them bomb Iran. Being somewhat reasonably alarmed by the concept...

How Roland Burris Helped Me Study For My Con-Law Exam

Sam Barr - January 8, 2009

As I studied for my ConLaw final, this question popped into my head: How can people claim to be able to wring objective meaning...

I Blinked Pretty Hard at This

Alex Copulsky - January 5, 2009

I was reading my New York Times this morning when I saw what had to be the most ludicrous article in recent memory. It...

On the Chaos in Gaza

Alex Copulsky - January 4, 2009

I'm not going to venture a solid opinion on the conflict, since offering any kind of opinion on that seems just like a losing...

Quick Thought On International Law

Alex Copulsky - December 23, 2008

At the Nuremburg Trials, we (meaning primarily the US) set the precedent that the initiation of aggressive war was a crime punishable by death....

Bernie Madoff & The Fiscopalypse

Alex Copulsky - December 23, 2008

The scandal surrounding Bernie Madoff's bilking of all those nice people is, in the grand scheme of things, not that consequential. But I think...

An Odd Symmetry

Alex Copulsky - December 13, 2008

I couldn't help but notice a pretty odd parallel (or, properly, inversion) between the abortive auto bailout killed by Senate Republicans and the TARP...

A Quick Cynical Thought

Alex Copulsky - December 11, 2008

Area of the country most likely to suffer from an auto industry failure: The Great Lakes region, a Democratic stronghold with large investments in...

An Englishman, an Irishman, and Barack Obama Walk Into a Bar

Harvard Political Review - December 4, 2008

What’s so funny about the 44th president? No, seriously. Since November 4th, aspiring comedians, satirists, and pundits have all faced the...