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John Sides & The Monkey Cage: Recordings

Brett Cairns said: Extremely important to get the academic research out to the public to engender debate and benefit fr... [More]

Five Non-Policy Movies with Policy Themes

J.B. said: How about "X-Men: First Class"? The film uses the conceit of mutants to consider violent a... [More]

Five Non-Policy Movies with Policy Themes

Kristina said: Rashomon! Created in 1950 by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, the core of this film is all about fr... [More]

The Bowles-Simpson Plan or “How I Learned to Hate the Deficit…Passionately”

Megan said: Some changes are needed to get people back to work and the housing and real estate markets booming a... [More]

Student reflection on seminar: How should we approach nuclear weapons in the future?

Robert Knisely said: During the Ford Administration I worked in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, just to ... [More]

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