Monthly Archives: January 2013

Immigration, gangs in DC, and the path to reform

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Mike Young — 9 Comments

How much sense does this make? Congress is deadlocked over spending cuts, at loggerheads over gun control, and paralyzed on presidential nominees. Yet somehow a bipartisan group of senators is proposing an immigration bill that might actually pass.

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Posted in Social Policy

Allowing women in combat? A no-brainer

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Mike Young — 10 Comments

The push for a woman’s right to serve on the front lines seems like one of the strangest moves for gender equality to a lot of us guys.

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Posted in Foreign Policy, Social Policy

Obama, inaugural speeches, and four more years of aggressive politics

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Mike Young — 2 Comments

In case you didn’t hear, President Obama was sworn in for another four-year term yesterday (err… Sunday). That’s important, but its what he said after the oath was all said and done that’s really noteworthy.

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