Congressional rules can stop real progress
Procedural rules within the House and Senate hinder action and prevent politicians from effectively enacting real change.
Tag Archive for: congress
GOP should distance itself from Tea Party
“A Plan to Save the Republican Party,” is the headline for Daniel Altman’s latest article in Foreign Policy. In it, the economics professor at the Stern School of Business describes the growing rift that began with primary challenges to Republican incumbents and most recently climaxed with the standoff over defunding the Affordable Care Act. Altman […]
Discussion highlights space law
Expert panelists speak about the legislation and liabilities associated with space travel.
Politics needs nonpartisanship
I am not an Independent. On the vast majority of issues, I find myself squarely to the left of center on the political spectrum. I registered to vote as a nonpartisan. I did this because being nonpartisan does not make one independent on issues of policy — it makes one independent on issues of politics. […]
Climate change needs addressing
The mean temperature for 2012 was a full point higher than the baseline for the mid-20th century.
Students must continue Ron Paul’s ideas
Many people, Democrats and Republicans alike, dismiss Texas Rep. Ron Paul as a crazy old man whose support for the sale of unpasteurized milk and call for a return to the gold standard render him and his ideas unworthy of serious consideration. But luckily, an increasing number of young people have looked past this flippant […]
The Second Term
President Barack Obama wins re-election; Congress remains divided
Electoral college must be abolished
Recent predictions about the upcoming 2012 election, conducted and released by The New York Times this October, project Ohio with a 50-50 chance of deciding the election. Swing states such as Ohio have been fundamental in U.S. elections for years, but with the repeal of Citizens United — a landmark Supreme Court ruling that allows citizens […]
From the archives: Nixon, Kennedy agree to speak on campus
Original Date of Publication: Oct. 4, 1960 The eagerness with which political candidates gather youthful votes will reach nationwide status with the individual appearances of Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy on the USC campus. This was the opinion voiced by Dr. Carl Q. Christol, political science department head, who noted that both presidential […]
Panel explores interpretation of Constitution
Legal experts discussed the Supreme Court’s analysis of the document on its 225th birthday.