Why Is Climate Change An Economic Problem?
October 8, 2018
William D. Nordhaus— Begin by stepping back and asking a basic question. Why is global warming such a special problem? Why is it a global problem and not a national… READ MORE
Category: Current Affairs
The Original Constitution of the United States: Religion, Race, and Gender
September 18, 2018
Many who declare that Americans in 2018 should stick to the original words of the United States Constitution, ratified in 1788, fail to acknowledge that in reality the nation has… READ MORE
Free Speech on Campus
August 9, 2018
Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman— We find much of what is said about free speech on college campuses unsatisfying. We are deeply troubled by the efforts to suppress and punish… READ MORE
How Do You Talk to a Russian Gangster?
July 27, 2018
Mark Galeotti— He was quite the most charming contract killer with whom one could imagine having a drink. But nonetheless, for all his cheerful Chechen twinkle, and the ritualised North… READ MORE
What Can Non-Lawyers Learn from the Law?
July 24, 2018
John B. Nann— The law is society. It is a reflection of the community, it is the rules that govern the community, and it is one of the main tools… READ MORE
American and Israeli Jews Tell Different Truths About the Holocaust
July 20, 2018
Hannah Pollin-Galay— “The End of the Jewish People is Here.” This is not a headline from the 1940’s but from June 2018. It appeared as one of many articles reporting… READ MORE
The Rural Race to Arms
July 16, 2018
Loka Ashwood— Rural Americans do, indeed, have more guns than their urban counterparts. According to the General Social Survey, the highest rates of gun ownership can be found in the… READ MORE
The Return of Isolationism
July 10, 2018
Stephen D. King— Our ideas and institutions shift with alarming regularity. Spanish conquistadors of the early sixteenth century—bounty-hunters hell bent on extracting silver from the New World, regardless of the… READ MORE
Running on Fumes
July 9, 2018
Dieter Helm— Fast-forward to 2050—almost thirty-five years from now. What will the world look like? How will technology have transformed our daily lives? Will it be a world of robots… READ MORE
On Borders
July 5, 2018
Joshua Keating— “If you don’t have Borders, you don’t have a Country!” President Trump tweeted this statement most recently on June 19 at the height of the backlash against his… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic