BY CLAIRE RUMLER — On October 1, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown after Congress failed to enact regular fiscal appropriations for a continuing resolution for fiscal year 2014. As a result, hundreds of thousands of federal employees were furloughed indefinitely, including half of the civilian staff of the Department of Defense […]
BY NICHOLAS ESSER — In the wake of the tragedy of the Naval Yard shooting three weeks ago, there has been a great deal of discussion about Virginia’s gun laws. According to various news sources, the shooter—Aaron Alexis—purchased his weapon from a gun store in Virginia and carried it with him into Washington DC. Virginia […]
BY CLAIRE RUMLER — The New York Times, one of the most prominent newspapers in the United States, fell victim to a group of Syrian hackers in late August 2013. The attack came as governments in several countries considered taking military action against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, amidst reports that he had utilized chemical weapons […]
BY COREY P. GRAY — President Barack Obama recently made the case for U.S. military action in Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack. In his Rose Garden address, Obama presented the situation in Syria as a violation of human rights and a threat to national security.[1] Conflating the threat of chemical weapons proliferation […]
