As students at Brandeis, we are charged with the pursuit of truth "even unto its innermost parts." If we hold to those words, then we have a duty to insist on a civilized, rational discussion of policies that will affect our lives and the lives of our fellows.
When Cory Booker came into office as mayor of Newark, N.J. in July 2006, his job could not have been considered an easy one.
In the clamor and dynamism of the recent marathon of the presidential election, there was a lot that went unnoticed.
Maybe you applied to college as an intermediary step before entering the workforce. Maybe you did not yet know what you wanted to be as an adult and hoped you would find out in college.
Brandeis University as an institution has always had a rich history of political involvement and activism.
Jan. 21, 2009Mr. President, last summer our nation faced a significant energy crisis, one of the steepest in years.
Class of 2012, welcome to Brandeis University. You must surely have worked very hard to make it here, to one of the best schools in the nation, in order to learn and to grow.Now, if you would kindly pack up and leave, we can begin working on what's really important-job training.In an article published August 13 in the Wall Street Journal, Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute presented an alternative to the end result of the collegiate experience, the Bachelor of Arts degree.
All sovereign states are expected to fulfill certain responsibilities. Needless to say, a just and honorable regime is desirable, but it's not necessarily obligatory for a government to be successful.
The Democratic primary contest persists. Moving forward like some poor headless chicken, it has enough momentum to keep jerking forward but not nearly enough sense to pick a direction and stick to it.
Howard Dean sure knows how to crash a good party. Since this election cycle began about a year ago, the consensus has been that this November's upcoming presidential election is securely in Democratic hands.
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