by Sayaan Saha The National Security Agency is estimated to be the largest intelligence agency in the entire world, both by personnel and expenditure. But what do we really know about the NSA? The DOD is headquartered at the Pentagon; the CIA is headquartered at Langley and the FBI in Washington DC. So where is […]
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The Review’s Take On the SOTU
By Andrew Craft President Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday and laid out many agenda items for the upcoming year. But one key word kept creeping into the 56 minute long speech: inequality. The pervasive use of the word set a strong theme throughout as the President outlined reforms to close […]
The 17 Trillion Dollar Question
(Courtesy of www.heritage.org) By Benjamin Park As of January 23, 2014, the US national debt was seventeen trillion, two hundred seventy-six billion, five hundred eighty-two million, one hundred seventy thousand, three hundred forty-seven dollars and seven cents. The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $2.52 billion per day since September 30, 2012. […]
Healthcare.gov’s Failed Launch
On October 1, Healthcare.gov, launched to a resounding thud. The core element of Obamacare is that many people can buy health insurance through a national healthcare exchange. Healthcare.gov was designed as the platform for people to do this. On the opening day, the marketing of the plan made by this agency was so successful, that […]
Should Fracking be Part of Michigan’s Future?
In May 2010, the state of Michigan raised $178 million through leases to extract minerals on public land, the majority of which was natural gas. This amount nearly totaled how much the state of Michigan raised in the previous 82 years. Given Michigan’s recent economic woes, it’s obvious why fracking is attractive. The main mechanism […]
Centerstage: A Look into the 2013 Gubernatorial Elections
It is not surprising that the few national elections that fall on odd-numbered years tend to not receive a great deal of media hype, given the low level of electoral activity that surrounds them relative to races held during midterm or presidential years. As consistent as this reality normally is, it was certainly not the […]
Obamacare Won’t Solve Our Public Health Problems: Look at Romneycare
To judge mandatory health care successful by observing the number of people insured sounds great superficially, but to understand the reason for implementing mandatory health care in the first place, one must look to other measures to understand whether such reform is effective. Looking at how many people are insured after forcing them enroll in […]
Thoughts On American Exceptionalism
Recently, in an op-ed for The New York Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin disputed President Obama’s claim of American exceptionalism, warning of the danger of such a term. But is America exceptional? And if so, is this mindset dangerous? America is most definitely exceptional. However, many feel uncomfortable hearing this statement, especially at a […]
Economics of Health Care System
There should be government interventions insomuch that the government helps fix market inefficiencies so that the health care system can in the future be semi-autonomous. The worry of inefficiency is well grounded in the fact that the system is absurdly expensive compared to other developed countries. Nearly 18% of GDP ($2.5 trillion) is contributed by […]
The Shutdown: An Overview
Photo Source: NBC Politics On October 1st, congress failed to authorize spending for the new fiscal year, resulting in the United States Government entering into a partial shutdown. Plagued by partisan gridlock, members of Congress played the “blame game” in the days leading up to the shutdown and even after. The shutdown was […]