In the midst of the U.S. debt crisis came an important, but under-reported, pair of developments in the Middle East, which saw two radically different popular protests in two neighboring but radically different countries.

In Syria, anti-regime demonstrators once again faced off against Assad's forces. There, the

The blogosphere has recently become abuzz with Republican 2012 contender Herman Cain's comments that the Federal Government does not regulate bankruptcies. Cain is emphatically wrong: Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to establish "uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United...

Yesterday, the Yale undergraduate community received an email from Yale College Dean Mary Miller in which she announced the suspension of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity for a period of five years. This is Yale's official disciplinary response to boorish chanting that received national attention earlier in...

I just sat with 50 other Yale students for over an hour to hear the president speak about a grave issue of national security. We all stopped studying for exams in order to listen to the important announcement, and what one hell of an announcement it was.

By now, most...

Last week, I wrote a short piece here on the history of the V for Victory, known to many as the "peace sign," and its usage in the recent Egyptian protests. More recently, demonstrators in Jordan, Iran, and Bahrain have begun displaying the gesture as well. Thus, the...

Recently, a group of Yale students launched a web-based campaign to encourage Republican Governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels to run for President in 2012. [Disclosure: Many of these folks are my friends, though I am not involved with their cause.]

Calling for "A Petition to Draft Daniels," the group models...

Media commentators remain divided about the hope for a democratic Egypt in light of the protests that have rocked the country. Some fear an Iran-like Muslim theocracy, while others have been cautiously optimistic that a secular order can take hold. Those who predict a...

Much of the media firestorm surrounding the recent protests in Tehran focuses on the globalized nature of the conflict. From Twitter executives meeting with the State Department to Youtube videos of rallies, the internet has brought the Middle East conflict into the public eye. However, buried behind these technological marvels...