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Congressional wage reductions should be added to sequester

Congressional wage reductions should be added to sequester

March 4, 2013

On Friday, President Obama officially signed the order to begin $85 billion in across-the-board budget cuts for 2013. I have a message for Congress: If you are going to furlough...

Jonathan Tan/WSN

Pope’s resignation shines light on Church’s standards

February 28, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI’s abdication tells us that unless the Catholic Church adapts to contemporary society, it will continue to widen the gap between followers and leaders.
Gloria Lee/WSN

Bloomberg and NYCHA Board must be held accountable to public housing residents

February 28, 2013
Mayor Bloomberg and the New York City Housing Authority Board need to address the public housing system's deep-seated problems and be held accountable to its residents.
Jonathan Tan/WSN

Professor Dworkin leaves behind a formidable intellectual legacy

February 28, 2013
Ronald Dworkin, top legal philosopher and an NYU law professor, made the case that moral notions have to be invoked in order for law to be truly justified,.
Vague national borders complicate international disputes

Vague national borders complicate international disputes

February 28, 2013
The Department of Homeland Security has recently declared that unwarranted border searches of electronic devices are constitutional. However, border is defined as 100 miles within an actual border.
China's hacking of U.S. corporations wages cyberwar

China’s hacking of U.S. corporations wages cyberwar

February 28, 2013
As evidence continues to surface of Chinese military efforts to hack American corporate computer systems, the United States must prepare for a new kind of arms race: a cyber one.
Support of protestors needed to reform India

Support of protestors needed to reform India

February 27, 2013
Blaming Islam for the high rape rates in India is both irrational and counterproductive, when we should focus on legal reform.
Anthropologist rightfully denounces militarization

Anthropologist rightfully denounces militarization

February 27, 2013
Top anthropologist Marshall Sahlins’ resignation from the National Academy of Sciences brings up questions of scientific goals and application.

In memory of José Vazquez

February 26, 2013
Great mentors can have an indelible impact on our lives. In the wake of the passing of LSP professor José Vázquez, one of his former students, alumnus Eli Epstein, reflects on the intimate connection he shared with the late professor.
Jonathan Tan/WSN

Housing policy changes impose unfair restraints on freshmen

February 26, 2013
Incoming freshmen to room with a "geographically diverse" roommate severely restricts freshmen residential life.
UNC dishonors rape victim with expulsion threats

UNC dishonors rape victim with expulsion threats

February 26, 2013
The University of North Carolina expulsion threats to a rape victim are reminiscent of honor killing.

Chinese diplomacy record threatened by unstable North Korean dictatorship

February 26, 2013
The diplomatic power behind the world's most popular nation is threatened by its sustained support of one of the world's only remaining dictatorships.