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HOCHBERG: Legalize The Use Of Drugs

HOCHBERG: Legalize The Use Of Drugs

By Gracie Hochberg November 13, 2015

The competitive college debate world loves debating whether or not the United States should legalize all drugs. As radical as this concept sounds, it is a favorite among debate teams because not only is...

HOCHBERG: Dire Times In Putin’s Russia

HOCHBERG: Dire Times In Putin’s Russia

By Gracie Hochberg October 30, 2015

Russian gross domestic product, inflation-adjusted wages, production and investment in capital have all fallen within the last year. Plummeting oil prices and economic sanctions have pushed the nation...

HOCHBERG: Intimidation Game Threatens US Trade

HOCHBERG: Intimidation Game Threatens US Trade

By Gracie Hochberg October 23, 2015

A dark possibility lurks in the shadows of the United States and China’s mutually beneficial trade relationship. As China’s militarization of the South China Sea continues to create tension with...

CARR: An Era Defined by Phantom Recession

By Mallory Carr January 16, 2015

At the beginning of every year, pundits and commentators feel compelled to sum up the entire previous 12 months’ happenings into easily digestible tidbits largely for click-bait. Simplifying an entire...

Investing in a US-Indian Partnership

By James Gadea January 16, 2015

Since 2011, the Obama administration has utilized a program called “Pivot to Asia,” where, through diplomacy and trade, it aims to balance the growth of Chinese power and influence and capture (and...

Don’t Be Afraid of GMO’s

By Lauren Gros November 14, 2014

What’s a GMO? This is the question Jimmy Kimmel recently asked those shopping in a farmer’s market during his ask the public segment. Most of the interviewed stumbled over the acronym unsure what...

SULLIVAN: Oil Prices Depict Global Fiscal Trends

By Sean Sullivan and Editor-in-Chief November 14, 2014

At the time of this column’s writing, the price of a barrel of Brent crude oil — the international benchmark for the commodity’s global price — stands at $79.74. This price point is down from a...

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Why We Can Do Better Than Biofuel

By Lauren Gros October 16, 2014

Georgetown makes an excellent effort to be a green campus. Recycling bins are everywhere, students proudly bear reusable water bottles, and the buses run on biofuel. It is great that Georgetown is...

Lagardes Speech Attracts Protesters

Lagarde’s Speech Attracts Protesters

By Toby Hung October 3, 2014

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde’s lecture in Gaston Hall on Thursday morning prompted a student protest of her invitation to campus and of the IMF. In her lecture,...

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Waging War for the Working Poor

By Emma Lux September 8, 2014

I wasn’t trying to support a family with my minimum wage paycheck from my summer job in a fast food restaurant. My fellow cashier, Kelsey, however, was. Kelsey’s husband had recently lost his...

Writers Analyze the Presidential Race

By Guthrie Angeles October 19, 2012

Author James Mann and The Washington Post correspondent Tom Hamburger discussed politics, foreign policy and the presidential race in Georgetown’s Mortara Center for International Studies Tuesday afternoon. Hamburger,...

STIRRETT: Vote for the Economy

By Scott Stirrett January 19, 2012

The 2012 Republican presidential primary is all but over. With Mitt Romney's decisive win last week, he became the first non-incumbent Republican candidate to win both the Iowa caucuses as well as the...

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