Natural Disaster Management in the Wake of Hurricans

The first big hit of the hurricane season came in Texas. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August of 2017 and flooded much of the Texas coastline, not to mention some of the surrounding states as well. Then, Hurricane Irma landed, ravaging parts of the Caribbean as...

Making a Run For It

In 2017, one might assume that women and men are equally represented in government. From casual observation, women appear to be well-represented in a wide range of other professions. Why would the political realm be different, where the familiar faces of Hillary...

Is the GOP Becoming Irrelephant?

In 2009, then thirteen-year-old Jonathan Krohn wrote and published a book called Defining Conservatism, in which he sought to “outline core conservative principles” and provide a “clear and informative manifesto, … a roadmap for the future, … [and] a rallying call to...

#MeToo

From whistleblower Susan Fowler, who brought to light the prevalence of sexism and harassment at Uber, to Taylor Swift, who sued for and won a symbolic $1 from a DJ who groped her during a photo shoot, the issue of sexual harassment has been prevalent in the media and...

The Rohingya Crisis

Myanmar, a country with a majority Buddhist population and a Nobel Peace Prize winner as head of government, would seem to be an unlikely location for ethnic cleansing or genocide. However, it is the epicenter of an ethnic conflict between the Rohingya, the Muslim...