Mark Lu
- Jul 30, 2018
- 7 min
The strangely sensible economics of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been absorbed by the head-spinning political rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old former bartender who, just this year, won a primary in her home district over senior Democratic incumbent Joe Crowley. Impressive as that feat is, I was particularly interested in her self-identification of democratic socialist, despite having an economics degree from Boston University. (As it happens, I almost attended Boston University majoring in
Chris Fenn
- Jul 18, 2018
- 4 min
Weaponizing the World Cup
France emerged victorious from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, an impressive feat having fielded the second-youngest squad in the tournament, defeating Croatia 4-2 in the finals. While the subsequent analysis and commentary will focus on France’s triumph and the remarkable nature of the tournament, malicious actors will bask in glory in the shadows. Capitalizing on the international community’s veneration for the tournament, (1) Russian President Vladimir Putin, (2) Chechen dictator
Mark Lu
- Jul 4, 2018
- 4 min
The Shortsightedness of Trump v. Hawaii
What I found most absurd in Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion in Trump v. Hawaii (the Supreme Court case that upheld the White House’s most recent Muslim travel ban) wasn’t the predictable, blind-eyed endorsement of xenophobia, nor was it the gag-inducing praise of Trump’s communication skills and subsequent dismissal of reasonable contentions against the ban by the state of Hawaii, nor was it the lunatic reasoning that it wasn’t the Court’s place to determine the