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Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins University Francis Fukuyama, the American political scientist who once described the collapse of the Soviet Union…
Loud thunder, heavy rainThin line ‘tween joy and painIt’s a long strange trip, it’s all insaneYou ain’t never gonna be…
Alpaslan Ozerdem, George Mason University As bad as the Ukraine war is so far, an international agreement signed in 1936…
Ronald Suny, University of Michigan As fighting rages across Ukraine, two versions of reality that underlie the conflict stare across…
Naomi Schalit This is a frightening moment. Russia has invaded Ukraine, and certainly those most frightened right now are the…
Naomi Schalit, The Conversation Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a provocative address that could be construed as a pretext to…
Matthew Harris, Keele University Every summer, as the sea ice surrounding Antarctica retreats, tens of thousands of tourists and scientists…
The limits on the Supreme Court – no army, no administrative enforcers – may be real, but the judiciary, with the Supreme Court at its apex, has become in the view of some, the most powerful branch of government.
The Supreme Court begins its annual term on Oct. 4, 2021, with a packed agenda highlighted by three claims of violations of constitutional rights. One is about religious rights. A second is about gun rights.
President Joe Biden seems to agree about the oppressive nature of noncompete contracts. On July 9, 2021, he called on the Federal Trade Commission to ban or limit them.