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Health care, gay rights, immigration, and energy were the rallying points on the charted field for political battles in late 2009 and early 2010.
President Barack H. Obama made good on his health-care reform promise, while Republicans likewise made good on less constructive aspirations to delay it—a debate that we commented on with equal parts optimism and skepticism. The House of Representatives 220-215 vote represented a bittersweet victory, moving...
This marked only the beginning in a long series of political debates and snafus that would come to define fall 2009 and spring 2010. The tragic shooting at Fort Hood laid bare the inadequacies of mental-health offerings in the United States military and showed us that terrorism is not...
Political oddities punctuated these national-level debates throughout the academic year. Obama’s surprise Nobel Peace Prize reflected a poor decision on the prize committee’s part, but we recognized the grace and humility with which Obama handled a politically delicate situation. In contrast, Republican National...
The national political landscape has certainly changed over the last 12 months, and much of that change has been for better. Still, reactionary responses to big issues sully the national discourse and subject complex problems to the visceral, not the cerebral. Only by adopting a level-headed, considerate, and thoughtful...