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Columns/Opinion/Periscope

Putin the Protector: how Russians think of the man and his state

Ever since the escalation of the Ukraine crisis in 2014, I have been repeatedly asked at Swarthmore what, as a Russian-American, I…

February 5, 2015
Opinion

A disappointing State of the Union

On January 20, President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union address to Congress. It was his sixth such address, but…

January 29, 2015
Columns/Opinion/Periscope

Questioning our unequivocal faith in experts

“Swarthmore students tend to have a lot more confidence in experts than in society,” a professor of mine commented a few weeks…

November 13, 2014
Columns/Opinion/Periscope

Why voter ID laws can strengthen our republic

Midterm elections are approaching and Swarthmore’s campus is alive with political conversation. One such conversation relates to the issue of voter identification…

October 30, 2014
Opinion

Politics Explained: 2014 Midterm Elections Primer

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall…

September 8, 2014
Campus Journal/Columns/London Calling

Waking up and reading the signs of the morning after

How much can you read into the morning after? Whether it be a casual fling or something more regular, waking up next…

March 6, 2014
Columns/Inner Boundaries/Opinion

Charting Delhi’s changing political skyline

A strained silence fills the hall as Delhi’s newly elected chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, rises from his seat to address the Delhi…

January 30, 2014
Around Campus/Campus Journal

New publication offers conservative opinion on campus controversies

This summer, a group of students who see themselves as part of an ideological minority on campus began producing an alternative publication…

November 13, 2013
Campus Journal/Columns/The Salty Swattie

Shutdown panic sweeps campus, newspapers spared

With furloughed employees recently returning to their jobs now that the shutdown has come to an end, and America struggling to return…

October 24, 2013
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Columnists

Politics Explained: Politics of the Federal Shutdown

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall…

October 7, 2013
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