Op-Eds
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Feed People, Not Landfills
Food waste is a global issue that humans have the responsibility to take action to eliminate.
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Why We Should Politicize Tragedies
Public officials decry the way that people politicize tragedies to dodge questions and shut down debate. We should reclaim this pejorative and make politicizing a tragedy a good thing.
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Electing Our Way to a Better Future: The Promise of Ranked-Choice Voting
America’s current electoral system is creating a stale and hyper-partisan political climate. Ranked-choice voting, however, can change this. This election method has the power to provide diversity in elections, allow a candidate with an actual majority to win an election, and reinvigorate American politics.
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The American Prison System as a Perpetuation of Modern-Day Slavery
How can slavery exist in our supposedly post-racial land of the free? The realities and verities of systemic racism in relation to the prison industrial complex and the American prison system.
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Everything You Need to Know About Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is a serious issue that many Americans, including those that consider themselves well informed, know next-to-nothing about. The issue has been described as “the First Amendment Issue of our time,” and yet most people do not know where they stand on the issue.
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A Look at the DACA Repeal
President Trump's motion to rescind DACA has stirred controversy. Is this an important step to shift power from the President to Congress, or is it a pure political move?
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Sanctimony, Intimidation and Gratuitous Violence: The New Face of Campus Activism
In recent years, campus activism has undergone a wholesale transformation. With peaceful protest and scholarly discourse increasingly supplanted by riotous indignation, Americans who value free speech must act to preserve these bedrocks of Western society.
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A Mohist Approach to the American Civil Service
Meritocracy is an ancient virtue. Why, then, do top American officials embody the opposite?
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Asset Management and Demographic Transition in Northeast Asia
Demographic changes in Northeast Asia are forcing the Japanese and South Korean government pension funds to reevaluate their investment philosophies.
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Communicating Climate Science
Well-meaning environmentalists and exaggerated reports perpetuate many of the problems of climate change discourse.
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The Party’s Best Interest: The Case for Supporting Pro-Life Democrats
Abortion remains one of the most contentious and divisive issues in the country. If the Democrats intend to win a majority in the Congress during the Trump presidency, they will need to open the party up to people on both sides of the issue, just like they have historically.
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The Era of Grand Tactics
Short-term, tactical thinking has replaced longer-term strategic thinking within the Trump Administration. This move towards impulse reactions will diminish U.S. leadership on the world stage.
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A Brief Thought on Terror in Europe
Recent European terror attacks, while tragic, might have been preventable with additional screening and counterterrorism measures. More action on that front is needed to avoid future incidents.
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The Case for the National Endowment for the Arts
Although frequently depicted by conservatives as a cultural tool for coastal, liberal elites, the continued existence of the National Endowment for the Arts is more critical to impoverished and rural areas.
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Paris Departure: Unreliable, Noncommittal, Egoist America
President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement must be considered in the context of sweeping changes to the nature of US power and the international system. Doing so provides a sharper understanding of its intense negative repercussions for American power and leadership.
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Parental Leave in the United States
Many women in the U.S. have to make the choice between starting a family and ending their careers; both men and women are deprived of the economic stability needed to take time off and provide early child-care. What’s stopping Congress from taking action and how is this harming the American economy?
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UVA Students Do Not Care About the Supreme Court
This month, the Millennial Caucus Initiative at the Miller Center looked at the current perceptions of the Supreme Court and its relevance to the 2016 election cycle . Read what UVA students thought in the Virginia Review of Politics or on the Miller Center website!
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Au Revoir, Paris
President Trump's withdrawal from the false promise of the Paris Agreement brings more diplomatic fallout than environmental. Alternative, better solutions to climate change are addressable without the Agreement.
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Breaking Down the Paris Agreement
The world waits anxiously for Trump's decision on whether the US should exit the Paris Agreement. It is time we face the questions of the impacts of this deal against climate change, as well as potential repercussions of a US withdrawal.
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The Importance of Foreign Languages to American Professionals
Foreign language competency will be a key to success for American professionals in the age of globalization.
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Marketing a Dream
While some people argue we are entering a post-factual world, nobody believes we’re entering a post-feelings world. Maybe, just maybe, both still matter.
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A Failed Defensive Effort: Why Hillary Clinton Lost the 2016 Election
Why did Clinton lose the election? The Democratic party must learn from the Clinton campaign's mistakes moving forward.
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An Unsafe Future for Puppies, Horses, and All Other Animals
The USDA recently removed their public database containing violations of the Animal Welfare Act. What does this mean for the future of horses, puppies, and other commercial animals?
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Bipartisan Developments in Virginia Environmental Policy
Donald Trump believes that his domestic environmental policy enjoys widespread popular support. Results from unlikely quarters in Virginia suggest otherwise.
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The Paper-Shuffling of Paleontology
In the world of avocational paleontology, the lack of information and the minimal push to publicize laws and regulations on fossil collection leads to speculation and hearsay