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Françafrique: Bangui, And The Monster
After sending the French army to the Central African Republic, French President Francois Hollande claimed, “France is not here in the Central African Republic out of a self interest.” Considering a...
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“Without god, everything is permitted” was the memorable phrase of one of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s famous fictional tortured philosophers, Ivan Karamazov. This has been discussed and debated by moral...
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In recent years, Economics has become more of an enigma than a discipline. With derivatives, mortgage backed securities, specialized assets and a litany of other financial jargon flooding the markets,...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Must Align with the Anti-Surveillance Movement
What do Greenpeace and the NSA have in common? Besides a recent well-publicized blimp incident in Utah, it may seem as though the environmental NGO and intelligence agency occupy decidedly separate...
View ArticleChina & Energy Protectionism
Oil is the blood that flows through the global economy. Due to its plethora of uses from production to transportation, black gold has a heavy hand in moving inflation and input prices. However the...
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Don’t Stare at the Cripple
Acceptance and understanding of mental health has increased profoundly in the last century. Yet most institutions and states have yet to reach a point where mental health is placed on the same plinth...
View ArticleThis Is Not About Freedom Of Expression
There were no murders this week over a cartoon. In a secular age, the human being still has a need for the sacred. We require an ideal and a goal, something to protect and cherish. Liberal...
View ArticleThe Limitations of Data-Driven Instruction
In June 2014, I completed a graduate program in literacy at one of the top-tiered universities for education in America. I did not feel any joy of accomplishment—relief, yes; liberation,...
View ArticleThe Value of Education
Education is valuable. It is valuable, but discriminatory by nature within a capitalist framework. Capitalism is oppressive by nature; inequality is a necessity, at least to some degree. The...
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Social Force
It is present in every aspect of society – from conversations, to concerts, to production, to war – social force is inescapable. Some call it “peer pressure”, which is correct, but I have chosen to use...
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Where Rhodes Once Stood
Rhodes Must Fall’s new divestment campaign exposes the movement’s brilliance and absurdity, but most importantly its necessity. Noki’s green cloth danced on a flag pole perched atop Jameson Memorial...
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