Author Archives
Two visions of democracy
Do we want our representatives to serve us best, or to actually be us?
China Complex
Few things capture the spirit of a nation more keenly than the future it sees itself living. Apparently we don’t think much of ours.
Lessons from above
As companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic forge further outward and upward, we could use more projects modeled on the example of Red Bull Stratos.
Affirmative Action? Good, but not enough
Affirmative action before college is too little, too late.
Fire in a Crowded World?
Nearly three weeks after the September 11th attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya that left Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three members of his staff dead, the debate continues: who should be held ethically responsible, and how?
Unterreiner: To the Class of 2016
The only people who don’t make mistakes at Stanford are the people working in the admissions office at 355 Galvez Street.
Unterreiner: What to do about Chick-fil-A?
The messy public debate that has swirled around the Chick-fil-A corporate empire over the past month is one we should be having, and one that adds an important new set of voices to the defining civil rights issue of our time.