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Moving away from cold war era strategies
On December 17th, 2014, the Obama administration shocked the nation when the White House issued a statement saying that the US was
What the TTIP Debate Reveals About the EU
It is often easier to explain something by saying what it is not, rather than what it is. It should be clear
America’s Transportation Revolution
America has long been a car-centric country, but there is growing demand for alternate means of transportation. Walking, cycling, and public transport offer improvements for quality of life, but cultu
There Is No “Car Culture”
America does not have a car culture. Now I am not denying that, compared to many parts of the world, there are
Walking in America
Historically in America, towns and cities were built on a framework of walking. From center-city Boston to pioneer towns out west, people
Identity politics, racism and Ferguson
"It has been reported":http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/15/us-usa-police-missouri-arrest-idUSKBN0MB0U920150315 that two police officers were shot at Ferguson on Thursday, hours after the city’s police chief resigned in
The Diminishing Returns of Higher Education
The facts are indisputable: the cost of attending American universities has risen far faster than people’s incomes, forcing an increasing portion of
The Decline of American Public Higher Education
When J. Robert Oppenheimer went to grad school in the 1920s, the brightest American physics students had to go to Europe to
Higher Education Crisis: Causes and Solutions
American higher education faces an unprecedented crisis. To fully comprehend its nature, one must place it in the broader context of the
Rising College Costs and Prices
The United States is the only nation where heated discussions about college expenses and student loan debts surpass public attention to the