Opinions
Rebellion in Mali
Over 100,000 Malians are reported to have been displaced since late January, in the wake of a violent insurrection in the …
Syria’s Central Concerns
Revolution and its contingencies
The last two weeks have been among the most violent in the Syrian Arab Republic’s 50-year history. The international community has …
Democracy For Sale
An ambivalent analysis of Citizens United
A clever sign stands out among the 99 percemt. Provocative and pointed, it reads, “I refuse to believe corporations are people …
College Hill Christians
Many Christians on College Hill identify with the struggle to align a conservative Christian upbringing with the academic atmosphere of the …
(Stop) Watching Jon Stewart
People should probably stop watching Jon Stewart. The Daily Show on Comedy Central has been self-described on numerous occasions as “throwing …
Why Occupy Wall Street Isn't Particularly Revolutionary
“Mankind desperately needs revolutionary leadership”—Robert Hayden, co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society, “Port Huron Statement”, 1962“We’re trying to create a …
Dominique Strauss-Kahn “Apologizes”
On September 18, Dominique Strauss-Kahn spoke with Claire Chazal, the long-time evening news anchor for Télévision France 1, making his first …
SPACE BETWEEN BARS
Entering the Rhode Island Prison SystemI travel to the Rhode Island prison every week as part of my work with Space …
Encounters With Autism: Sizing Up the Treatment of ASD
As autism awareness grows, our society must address issues in healthcare, publically-funded special education, and general social accommodation for people with …
A Logical Choice
why it makes sense to repeal tax cuts for the wealthy in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has a $295 million deficit. That’s a lot of money, and none of the solutions proposed thus far sound …
Can't Keep 'Em Down on the Farm Bill
This Tuesday, students from ten mostly elite colleges and universities throughout the Midwest and northeast held protests against the latest farm …
The Gay Elephant in the Room
conservatives snub GOProud at conference
Every winter since 1973, Washington D.C. has braced itself against a ragtag mob of Joe Six-Packs and corporate bigwigs; aunts and …
"Saving Women" Is Not a Justification for Occupation
On Tuesday, March 1, Oliver Rosenbloom B’13 wrote an opinions column for the Brown Daily Herald discussing Brown students’ perception of …
The Death of Headlines. Maybe.
Web Exclusive: January 10th, 2011A fellow I know who works in online publishing (posting?) thinks that if journalism wants to stay …
There's 'no-place' like home
It's the year is 2016. Republicans control the House of Representatives by a 4,122-to-93 margin and John Boehner has been coronated …
How John Rawls's political philosophy is sort of like The Secret
When Liberal political philosopher John Rawls descended from Mount Sinai bearing A Theory of Justice in one arm and Political Liberalism …
Why You Should Vote Chafee
Lincoln Chafee B’75 was eleven when he went to the 1964 Republican National Convention, with his father, then the immensely popular …
Holy Fizz: Rethinking the Role of Coca-Cola in Rural Mexico
1906: “Great National Temperance Beverage”1937: “America’s Favorite Moment”1945: “ A Passport to Refreshment”1948: “ Where There’s A Coke There’s Hospitality”1955: “Americans …
Back From The War
My older brother returned from his yearlong tour in Iraq in the middle of a cold April night last year. I …
Twitter and the End of Historiography
On April 14, 2010, the Library of Congress announced on their blog that they would be archiving “every public tweet, ever, …
Force of Habit
On June 22, 2010, Americans will no longer be able to get free samples of cigarettes, procure promotional gear with tobacco …
Dream Deferred
Monday marked the start of a national “Coming Out of the Shadows” week for a persecuted and largely invisible minority of …
HIGH SOCIETY
Your correspondents slunk down to see the Whitney Biennial just last Friday, some three weeks after its opening, and so cannot …
So You Think Your Shit Don’t Stink?
A recent feature on the Huffington Post collected some of the greatest public access television clips that have made their way …
We’re All Actors
“When we were making love I heard an orchestra, a symphony. There were trombones. Did you hear that too?”Beat.“Oh, um, yeah, …
Romance is boring
Romantic love, the guest we hope to welcome in on Valentine’s Day, is appealing in concept. Ostensibly, love is hard to …
The Decade's Wars
New decades, like presidential inaugurations, have a certain hopeful flavor, a hint of fresh things to come. But new decades, like …
THE OCEAN VS OUTER SPACE
POSITION: OCEAN > SPACEBadass. That’s the ocean. Everything aboutit—its direct beauty, its intense and originalperfume, its physical and spiritual powerto move, …
System Errors
American democracy is still a work in progress. Granted, if the be-britched framers of the Constitution had had it their way, …
The Elephant in the Dorm Room
Brown’s discriminatory student housing policy
There is a little-known, and I assume little-used rule at the Office of Residential Life. The terse statement, composed of only …
Vote for ____ in 2012
the perpetual presidential campaign in US politics
Much to my surprise, I agree with something TomFriedman wrote in his weekly New York Times column from September 29 (“Where …
Objections
Things, historically speaking, go badly when only one person is allowedto have an opinion.It’s how dictators happen, and Hugo Chavez’s variety …
What’s the Matter with Health Care?
how right-wing fear-mongers are killing America's best chance at viable reform
Over the past months, the healthcare debate has degenerated into a seriesofscare tactics designed to engender opposition to any Democratic effort …
FUNNY WOMAN
Tina Fey is everywhere these days: writing and starring in television's best comedy, almost singlehandedly taking down Palin last fall (and …
FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL
This year, Rhode Island has found itself in an unfortunate position at the front line of the economic crisis. The state …
REAL AMERICAN BIGOTRY
The commercial fades in on a swank kitchen with modern black appliances, ripe peppers and red onions on the counter, daylight …
ON THE HUNT
President Obama and Congress have granted federal dollars and ample attention to the plight of those struggling to pay for college. …
THE LATINO INVISIBLES, UNTOUCHABLES
While most entertainment blogs were abuzz with speculations on Chris Brown and Rihanna's whereabouts at the 2009 Grammy Awards, LA Times …
NBC JOUSTS WITH JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY
As if we needed more proof that television news is produced in a spirit of sensationalism and incompetence. In December, NBC …