National: Osama bin Laden is Dead: In case you haven’t heard, Osama bin Laden was killed in a raid conducted by US Navy Seals according to a surprise announcement by President Obama Sunday night. Osama was found in Pakistan. The announcement was met with joy by many Americans, who gathered to show their support outside [...]

Despite fears of unruly behavior, a talk by Karl Rove in Call Auditorium on April 13 went smoothly. Former President George W. Bush’s senior advisor and campaign manager was brought to campus by the Cornell Republicans and the Cornell University Programming Board to speak about his thoughts on the upcoming 2012 presidential election, with as [...]

US and Mexico reach proposed deal over trucking dispute Violetta Torres-Baron The US and Mexico have reached a proposed deal to open US highways to Mexican trucks, raising hopes of an end to a 20-year dispute. US President Barack Obama said the nations had “found a clear path to resolving” the roadblock in relations. US [...]

During the 1960’s progressive zeitgeist President Lyndon B. Johnson and a new liberal Democratic congressional majority sought to build upon earlier social reforms. Central to social reform during this period was universal health care. Ever since Teddy Roosevelt’s campaign for the Presidency and FDR’s Second Bill of Rights, the right to health care for all [...]

Stephen Walt Obama’s Foreign Policy: Doomed To Fail

Spring 2010 – Issue #7 Click here to download the PDF Click here to view the magazine online

This week Dimtry Medvedev and Barack Obama met in Prague to sign the historic new START treaty. MSNBC, CNN, and the rest of the gang flocked to Czech capital to cover this reunion of former Cold War foes. Camera crews and diplomats assembled, the two nations agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals significantly over the [...]

The newly-risen sun and the collective body heat generated by the massive crowd couldn’t keep my bones from trembling or my teeth from chattering. Packed among hundreds of people, I waited to get into the National Mall, where, along with the nine other Cornell Democrats who came to Washington DC, I would witness the inauguration [...]

Spring 2009 – Issue #5 Click here to download the PDF Click here to view the magazine online