What do you get when you take the culture warrior out of Pat Buchanan? Why, President Obama of course.
No, seriously, think about it. Obama made big headlines when he slapped a 35 percent tariff on Chinese tires recently, even drumming up fears of a trade war with China. Not one major politician has seriously contemplated that kind of protectionism for a long time. Unless you are, say, Pat Buchanan. America first, anyone?
Liberal arts professors like to teach about power. Sociology professors explain how power is constructed, politics professors emphasize how power is distributed and Spanish professors talk about, well,...
I got stuck when I filled out the Basic Information for Friendship Family Picnic. Whitman's Friendship Family Program enables every international student to bond with a local family: the picnic serves as the first meeting for the students and their friendship families. "Are there foods you do not eat?" I racked my brain to remember anything gross that I had eaten at home or at Shantou University (STU), but I failed.
It's easy to analyze each new political event, like Obama's election in 2008, in terms of what we already know.
Obama's victory cemented the intellectual decline of the Republican Party as the party...
In June, Alonso Chehade graduated from the University of Washington. Now, Chehade could be deported any day.
According to Associated Press writer Manuel Valdes, Chehade was visiting friends at Western...
A rank odor pierces my nostrils as I stumble down the stairs to the laundry. I'm greeted in the basement of Jewett by the usual cast of characters. Hung over, sleep-deprived and filled with anxiety we...
Here's the rub: in this era of heavy encryption and computer security, the easiest thing to crack in the chain of computer security isn't the computer itself, but the human sitting in front of it.
If you're like me, you love the Internet like you're a nurturing parent. You've watched it grow: from the baby years of dial-up and AOL Instant Messenger to high-speed wireless and high-def video today....
I believe that traveling and living abroad, even if it is just for a few months, is one of the most important experiences a person can have in terms of broadening one's personal view of the world.
But...
The health care system as we know it is out of control.
I wrote about the problem this past spring. I called for action on Obama's part during his crucial first 100 days in office. I suggested that...
The Valley Transit bus system is sort of like Walla Walla; it's kind of quirky, a little on the slow side but definitely worth spending the time to get to know. As a Whittie who loves to bike, I've rarely...
Do you love freedom? If you do, you might be an American. If you don't, you must have missed the memo. History ended in 1989, and now we're just tying up loose ends. Rebuild Russia. Defeat terrorism. Ensure...
