Articles By: Alec Barrett

Alec Barrett / May 18, 2011 7:03 am

Sizing Up Singapore

Lessons to learn and avoid in America’s model country

Alec Barrett / May 1, 2011 7:15 pm

Silver Screens and Blackboards

Documentaries capture the education debate

Alec Barrett / December 1, 2010 4:46 pm

A Sinking Feeling

Pacific islands take global warming into their own hands

Alec Barrett / May 25, 2010 12:55 pm

Too Real for the Big Screen?

Two sci-fi allegories provoke unjust criticism

Alec Barrett / December 20, 2009 11:10 pm

Pawns of History?

The question of Jewish liberalism

Alec Barrett / May 24, 2009 3:57 am

Hip-Hop President

How Obama will influence the genre On his posthumously released hit Changes, 2Pac rapped, “Although it seems heaven sent, we ain’t ready to see a black president.” The song addresses problems like police violence, drug use, poverty, and the epidemic of incarceration in the black community.  Blasting what he sees as the offenses of a racist government, he called on [...]

Alec Barrett / April 2, 2009 1:23 am

The 28th Amendment?

Feingold proposes ban on Senate appointments Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) has introduced a constitutional amendment that would require elections to fill vacant seats in the Senate, prohibiting governors from filling the seats by appointment. The proposal has its downsides, but it will quite possibly become our 28th amendment, a fact we have good reason to cheer. A Little History Prior [...]

Alec Barrett / March 4, 2009 1:31 am

Family Guy

Oliver Stone sets his eyes on Bush

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