**Originally published in The Cornell Review dated March 29, 2020* On February 29, 2020, the United States and the Taliban signed the Afghan Peace Deal. The deal is a landmark attempt to end the nearly two decades-long war in Afghanistan. The war that began following the 9/11 attacks of 2001, has resulted in nearly 2400...
Happy New Year’s! For me, today marks the last day of what was, for all intents and purposes, the first full decade of my life. I know this is also the case for many of our readers. I encourage you all to look back on the personal events of the last decade that have had...
– The 1990 page House health care bill is out. – Bloggers say the economy will still be the main issue for the 2010 midterms. – Obama may be taking his time in deciding what to do in Afghanistan, but the American people aren’t sure about the country’s purpose in Central Asia either. – Publishers...
– Budget cuts take a hit on Dutch and Swedish language programs, but they’re not giving up without a fight. – Cornell finishes seventh in the Solar Decathlon competition. (Plus a nice story about an alum who hosted all the students). – Via Paul Ibrahim, Thomas Sowell discusses why the government should not decided what...
– Ithaca tops the list of best college towns in America after being identified with the optimal “sketchy bar to student” ratio. Here’s the real article, by the way. – In case you missed it, here’s the background for the video below of former Republican House Majority Leader Tom Delay dancing on ABC. – Irving...
– IvyGate has the scoop on Cornell’s severed pig’s head display. -Famous physicist Steven Weinberg reminisces of Cornell and has some advice for new freshmen (link from Bilmes). – Here are two recent back-to-back articles by George Will, about leaving Afghanistan and exiting Iraq. – Former Cornell Professor Thomas Sowell (1965-1969) took multiple stabs at...
– President Skorton’s welcome letter discusses low admissions rates, faculty honors and recognitions, shrinking annual deficits, and something about becoming a climate-neutral university and stopping global warming. – Senator Edward Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday evening. – Via VK, the AP uncovers more ridiculous/inefficient pork barrel stimulus spending. – As Bilmes...
On the FP blog (via Inside Higher Ed), Marc Lynch discusses the influx of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan into academia and how this will affect the field of Middle Eastern Studies (“Near Eastern Studies” at Cornell): [The influx of veterans] is something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since agreeing to take over as...