Since its inception in 1870, the U.S. Department of Justice has had among its chief duties "to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior" and "to ensure fair and impartial...
Once upon a time, I thought having free time was a bad thing. I used to be somewhat indignant about all the free time I seem to have at college. It's pretty pricey to go to Duke, as well as...
I wonder if James and Joyce or Jack Bauer's Bidet ever had this problem.
Everyone knew this year's Republican presidential nomination would be a more interesting affair than its Democratic counterpart, and that's generally been true.
I look terrible. Not only has my stress-induced chest cold put a damper on my exercise schedule, but the last few almost-all-nighters have left puffy dark circles under my eyes.
This week I had a wonderfully hilarious column all written and ready to go. It was also wildly controversial and, despite my best efforts at self-censorship, the damn thing was still too hot for TV.
Karl Rove was full of denials in his speech last Monday. Whether it was negative campaign strategies, torture or releasing covert CIA agent identities-Rove assured us he had nothing to do with...
If you're reading this, you shouldn't be. You're probably in the library, taking an unprecedented 16th study break of the day-and now you have gotten truly desperate.
As a freshman, full of youthful fire and idealism, I joined the Humanitarian Challenges Focus program, traditionally an activist boot camp.
Every other week for the last two semesters, I've given you all 750 words of my own thoughts. Unfortunately, most of these thoughts were met with a profound and suffocating ambivalence.
We made some small talk, then, after looking at the form, where I had listed Latin as an interest, she attacked, "Why do you study a dead language?" Ouch.
The first time I had to find an apartment during finals week was my freshman year at Florida State University.
The recording industry is a dinosaur. Its existing business model-sponsoring artists' use of massive recording studios and packaging physical copies of their songs to distribute in retail...
Here are the words of one of the world's greatest lovers as she anguished over her greatest love: "The more I want him, the less I am wanted... emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul."...
Our planet is graying. In every major society today, there are ever-increasing numbers and proportions of people over the age of 65. Indeed, the fastest growing segment of most societies is now the...
The approaching holiday season makes me sappy, so when choosing a column topic for this week-finals, Karl Rove, how the Republican debate on YouTube got me all riled up, Durham's water crisis,...
Conversations at Duke are great. Whatever odd or fanciful subject you can think of, there's probably a group of students on campus talking about it right now.
"I am sure that I will look back years from now on all these beliefs and snap analyses of books and realize how young, naive and wrong I once was and how much I have lost in becoming old, wise and...
Let's play a quick memory game: When did Britney Spears shave her head? Feels like forever ago, doesn't it?
If you're anything like me, you're probably looking forward to the men's basketball team's annual migration North to Madison Square Garden and wondering when the most passionate (read: craziest)...
