Group Polarization by Jacob Murray
February 16, 2019, was a night to remember in Williamson County, Tennessee and a reminder of how partisan we can become if we surround ourselves...
Universities
Is Smaller Better? The Decision to Deannex South Cordova by Catherine Blackwood
I attended a nearly record breaking 5 hour Memphis City Council meeting on February 19th, where they voted to approve the deannexation of certain...
Is Government Special Treatment Always A Bad Thing? By Bruce Starnes
Arlington Tennessee was once believed to be the next big city in the Memphis area. It was expected to boom and grow...
The Uncertain Future of Democracy in India by Alison Gerzina
With a voting population of 900 million people, India is the world’s largest democracy. But since the election of Narendra Modi in 2014, critics...
The Women’s March: Protest, Participation, and Polarization by Paige Cook
I found myself standing – marching – down Market Street in St. Louis on a cold January day for the third year in a row. Although the crowds...
Mr. Bolsonaro Comes to Washington
by Sarah Ampolsk “It’s an honor to be here after decades of anti-American presidents,” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told U.S. President...
The Lawyers Who Did Not Break
The U.S. legal system is withstanding the Trump onslaught. By David Brooks The New York Times February 21, 2019 A crucial question of the Trump...
How the Left Embraced Elitism
The progressives’ Green New Deal centralizes power. by David Brooks New York Times February 11, 2019 Over the past generation, global capitalism...
Gatekeeping doesn’t work, at least not in Austria by Alec Wood
On 26 January 2017 Alexander Van der Bellen, former party spokesman and chairman of the Greens, became the 9th president of the Federal Republic...