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The Kurds: America's Greatest Ally in the Middle East

For all the misgivings Americans may have about the Iraq War -- its rationale, its execution, and its aftermath -- there is at least one thing of which to be

By Joshua Alvarez

August 19, 2014

The Kurds: America's Greatest Ally in the Middle East

For all the misgivings Americans may have about the Iraq War -- its rationale, its execution, and its aftermath -- there is at least one thing of which to be

By Joshua Alvarez

August 19, 2014

Why Progressives Should Give Paul Ryan's Anti-Poverty Plan a Chance

Americans have long been presented with a false choice when it comes to social welfare. People can either expose themselves to the capriciousness of free markets and whimsical private “charity”

By Joshua Alvarez

August 14, 2014

Why Progressives Should Give Paul Ryan's Anti-Poverty Plan a Chance

Americans have long been presented with a false choice when it comes to social welfare. People can either expose themselves to the capriciousness of free markets and whimsical private “charity”

By Joshua Alvarez

August 14, 2014

The Forgotten Political Legacy of Aldous Huxley

November 22, 1963, we are often reminded, was the day John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated and an entire generation lost its innocence. Unfortunately, Lee Harvey Oswald’s bullets inadvertently claimed

By Joshua Alvarez

August 12, 2014

The Forgotten Political Legacy of Aldous Huxley

November 22, 1963, we are often reminded, was the day John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated and an entire generation lost its innocence. Unfortunately, Lee Harvey Oswald’s bullets inadvertently claimed

By Joshua Alvarez

August 12, 2014

The CIA: A Radical Bureaucracy Requires Radical Reform

This was 23-year-old Khadija al-Saadi on Gawker Wednesday: “[A flight] landed at Mitiga military airport in Libya just over a decade ago. [It] was organized by the CIA and MI6.

By Joshua Alvarez

August 8, 2014

The CIA: A Radical Bureaucracy Requires Radical Reform

This was 23-year-old Khadija al-Saadi on Gawker Wednesday: “[A flight] landed at Mitiga military airport in Libya just over a decade ago. [It] was organized by the CIA and MI6.

By Joshua Alvarez

August 8, 2014

Evidence Suggest No Correlation between Business Experience and Good Governing

How many times have we heard variations of the following soundbites from enterprising political candidates: “My business experience has prepared me to be an effective leader.” “Because of my business

By Joshua Alvarez

August 5, 2014

Evidence Suggest No Correlation between Business Experience and Good Governing

How many times have we heard variations of the following soundbites from enterprising political candidates: “My business experience has prepared me to be an effective leader.” “Because of my business

By Joshua Alvarez

August 5, 2014

2 States, D.C. to Let Voters Decide Fate of Marijuana Legalization

A plume is haunting America -- the plume of legal marijuana. The November ballots of two states, Oregon and Alaska, and the District of Columbia will include initiatives to legalize

By Joshua Alvarez

July 31, 2014

2 States, D.C. to Let Voters Decide Fate of Marijuana Legalization

A plume is haunting America -- the plume of legal marijuana. The November ballots of two states, Oregon and Alaska, and the District of Columbia will include initiatives to legalize

By Joshua Alvarez

July 31, 2014