Shyam Rajan
A cartel close to home
For decades, the U.S. has associated with cartels around the world as a fixture of its foreign policy, including destabilization of the drug cartels...
Ammunition control may be the future of Second Amendment Discussions
The Second Amendment to the US Constitution clearly states that “a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the...
Marxist elements show in American Society
In 1848, German philosopher Karl Marx delineated in his Communist Manifesto that society, at the time phasing through a period of industrialization and capitalism,...
Unknown territory ahead as the president claims he can pardon himself
On June 4, President Donald Trump tweeted that he had the “absolute right” to pardon himself, a novel and unprecedented legal claim that he...
Another look at the Italian election: are its consequences being ignored?
In March 2018, the Italian general election ended with a hung parliament after no running party achieved a clear majority in the legislature. Neither...
With the rise of Uber, the taxi industry is too small to survive
Throughout the past decade, the ridesharing company Uber has established its prominence in the transportation industry worldwide. A fixture of the sharing economy that...
The rise of millennial feminism: Finding a voice in defeat
Hillary Clinton’s victory in the 2016 presidential election would have been a historic moment not just for all Americans, but for women worldwide. Nearly...
Sex and the White House: Have we become desensitized?
Not since the Clinton presidency has sex been so prominent in American politics. It was after his famous claim that he "did not have...
Cricket and the coming change in American sports culture
Is it odd that soccer in the United States was once considered a women’s sport? This is not just stereotypical — the popularity of...
The ideological curtain concealing disarmament
It has always been the case that the enemies of the U.S. are whatever the U.S. is not. This has included Tories, Confederates, Catholics,...