Published: December 11, 2008
On the campaign trail, Barack Obama promised a “Team of Rivals.” This was a reference to President Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet, which consisted of Lincoln’s major...
Published: October 30, 2008
New Yorkers overwhelmingly voted in support of term limits in 1993 and 1996. Now Mayor Bloomberg thinks that he is entitled to run for a third term without voter consent....
Published: October 2, 2008
Each country has its own way of ignoring the lower class. In the United States, federal policymakers advocate a $700 billion bailout for leading financially institutions,...
Published: August 28, 2008
On Aug. 7, Georgian troops launched a surprise attack on the country’s separatist province of South Ossetia, just hours after agreeing to observe a ceasefire and hold...
Published: April 17, 2008
Would you let the spouse of your surgeon operate on you? There are very few cases in which the answer approaches the affirmative. However, when related to the first...
Published: April 3, 2008
The independence of the world’s newest nation was met with mixed reactions. Kosovo, Serbia’s predominantly Albanian region, declared independence from Serbia on Feb. 17....
Published: January 31, 2008
Thus far, the only element of consistency in the 2008 Presidential primaries is that reporters and pundits continue to get it wrong. First the mainstream media said that...
Published: December 13, 2007
Questions of science should not be answered with religious evidence. And questions of religion should not be answered with scientific evidence. Science and religion...
Published: December 13, 2007
FCLC—The Honors Class of 2010 at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) embarked on an original project this past semester. Under the direction of Roger Panetta,...
Published: November 15, 2007
“Mukasey” and “waterboarding” have become synonymous words these past few weeks. One is a Federal Judge appointed by the Bush administration and confirmed...
Published: October 25, 2007
In today’s press, the Armenian genocide is referred to as a “century old issue” or a “foolish subject to bring up.” There was a time, however, during which...
