Archive for February, 2008
Historical Perspective: The Sunni-Shia Conflict :: Jay Wess
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Iraq is the most divided Muslim country in the world. Of the 97 percent of Iraqis who are Muslim, between 32 and 40 percent are Sunni and between 60 and 65 percent are Shiite. Worldwide, however, only between 15 and 20 percent of Muslims are Shiite. Iraq’s Shiites and Kurds have long […]
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Identity Crisis: European Muslim Youth Search for a Place :: Usman Mushtaq
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Inawazish Shah and his cousin, Aqib Shah, are the typical Muslim youth of Europe. They were both born in England. They live in Duke Bar, a poverty-stricken and derelict part of Burnley, England that many Pakistani immigrant families call home. The houses are boarded up; the cars normally parked on the side of a street […]
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Chavez and His Devil: American-Venezuelan Co-Dependency :: Cassie Schwartz
Monday, February 11th, 2008
On March 9, during President Bush’s tour of Latin America, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke to 20,000 Argentineans gathered in a Buenos Aires sports stadium. “The U.S. president today is a true political cadaver,” he thundered, “and now he does not even smell of sulfur anymore. What the little gentleman from the north now exudes […]
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An Interview with Ben Bradlee :: Marin Cogan
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Any young journalist who’s seen Jason Robards’ portrayal of Ben Bradlee in the 1976 film All the President’s Men might be a bit hesitant about interviewing the notoriously gruff Watergate-era Editor for The Washington Post. In his 86 years, Bradlee has witnessed firsthand some of the nation’s most crucial moments, making […]
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Cutting Carbon Emissions: Europe’s Experiment :: Andrew Rishel
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Environmentalists have been sounding the alarm on global warming for decades, but only recently has the heating of our planet approached the forefront of public policy debate. Those who still doubt its existence are being confronted with increasingly united scientific consensus to the contrary, and a realization of the potentially dangerous […]
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Class Act: Reevaluating No Child Left Behind :: Nadia Kamal
Monday, February 11th, 2008
“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” – late 16th century proverb
The Spring 1998 Volume of The Brookings Review on Education states: “…the U.S. educational system is one of the most unequal in the industrialized world, and students routinely receive dramatically different learning opportunities based on their social status.” Even within urban school […]