Criticize Brandeis’ lack of real-world preparation for future employment
This summer, I worked at a real estate investment firm. Although I was doing interesting and challenging work, I was also treated like a typical intern.
Mark Gimelstein
Articles
Question the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s professed conservatism
As the Republican primaries have raged on, Sean Davis, co-founder of the conservative publication The Federalist, has raised a provocative yet legitimate question: “If Trump were running to destroy the GOP/conservatism and pave a path to the White House for Hillary, what would he be doing differently?” In the eyes of many conservatives, including myself, the answer is obvious — absolutely nothing.
Recognize glaring hypocrisies in Democratic political party
The Democratic Party often has obvious cognitive dissonance. This has reached an absolute extreme, however, in light of several developments both in America and abroad.
POINT/COUNTER-POINT: Academic freedom of speech threatened by campus protests
In the past, I’ve written about the insatiable mob at universities around this country that manufactures crises in an attempt to silence free speech and academic freedom on college campuses.
Reconsider Congressional Republicans’ roles in government
For all the talk by pundits and politicians of how Washington, D.C. is “broken” and how “things can’t get done,” congressional Republicans and Democrats sure seem to be proving that notion wrong in the worst of ways.
Reevaluate refugee resettlement in European migrant crisis
The heart-wrenching images we’ve seen of many Syrian refugees, including children― dying in their unsuccessful attempts to reach Europe, have left many wondering what can be done to alleviate the suffering of so many.
Condemn government incompetence in EPA chemical spill
Government...what’s it good for? Turns out, not much. The latest evidence supporting that notion is the disaster caused by the Environmental Protection Agency. In early August, the EPA, the supreme protectors of the environment that they are, single-handedly jeopardized the life of an entire river and the networks to which it connects.
Reevaluate views on Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Just 22 years ago, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives, approved by the Senate by a vote of 97 to 3 and then signed by President Bill Clinton into law. The justification for passing such a law at the time was to countervail the decision made by the Supreme Court in the wrongfully-decided 1990 case Employment Division v.
Encourage alternatives to present US-Iranian deal
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked down the halls of Congress to deliver his speech on the implications of a nuclear Iran, many thought he was irreparably harming U.S.-Israeli relations.
Eliminate net neutrality to ensure success
The Federal Communications Commissions’ 3-2 vote approving “net neutrality”—in other words, a government takeover of the Internet—embodies everything that’s wrong with Washington, D.C. The 332-page plan, which was passed in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s favorite way— before anyone had a chance to read it—paves the way for an Internet that is treated as a public utility.
Brandeis Jewish Bund holds protest to go “All out for Palestine”
"Captain America: Brave New World" and the politics of power in 2025
The Boston Red Sox’s Home Opening Day overview
The Boston Celtics sold for a record-breaking price
Ed Sheeran: one night in Ipswich