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The presidential nomination process is a haphazard mess of primaries and caucuses that developed over years of tinkering and reform. Spread over a period of months, between states differing vastly in size, location, and demographics, the primary system forces candidates…

Dr. No is a term that stems from the very first James Bond film, in which the British spy is sent to Jamaica to investigate the death of a fellow secret agent.  His investigation leads him to the base of…

ALTHOUGH most Americans are ringing in the New Year with some much needed rest and relaxation, the Republican Presidential contenders are spending their days furiously campaigning across Iowa for the state’s Republican caucuses on January 3.  Indeed, at rallies and…

Rick Perry’s Last Chance for Victory THIS is Rick Perry’s last chance.  This is, in fact, the last chance of the conservative base of the GOP to muster its resources and deal Mitt Romney, the frontrunner for the Republican Presidential…

Big Money and the 2012 Race for the White House THE sun beat down on the crowd outside the Federal Election Commission headquarters, but the scores of assembled people seemed unfazed.  Instead, they stared transfixed at the man they had…

IN the first half of 2011 alone, nineteen states implemented over 160 pieces of policy and legislation related to reproductive health. Almost half of these provisions sought to curtail access to abortion in some way. According to the Guttmacher Institute,…

Thucydides’ books on the Peloponnesian War relate the war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 BC that ended with the fall of the Athenian Empire. His books established him as a preeminent historian. The Peloponnesian War remains relevant…

THE steady march of technological progress, which has empowered recent generations to save countless lives, has also inevitably opened new military theatres of operation to the battlespace. Over a modern college student’s short two decades of existence, another one of these theatres has entered the…