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Measuring Poverty in America: How Politics Has Trumped Reason, And How to Restore It
(Georgetown University, 2012)
When discussing the official U.S. measure of poverty, all interested parties can agree upon one thing: it is an increasingly inadequate reflection of what it means to be poor in this country and who is counted as such. And ...
A Republic Not Worth Keeping: How Bonds Between Private Finance And Public Service Subvert The General Welfare
(Georgetown University, 2012)
This paper draws upon the chronology of the nation's most recent financial crisis, the Great Recession, to expose America's undemocratic governing reality and postulate that its existence rests upon the preferential bonds ...
What's In Your Digital Wallet? Is It Your Identity And Have You Lost Your Personhood?
(Georgetown University, 2016)
WHAT’S IN YOUR DIGITAL WALLET?
THE TIPPING POINT OF TERROR:
(Georgetown University, 2015)
THE TIPPING POINT OF TERROR:
PROTECTIVE PRONOUNCEMENTS: HOW SIGNING STATEMENTS HAVE UPHELD THE CONSTITUTION & WHY THE FRAMERS WOULD AGREE
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Although presidential signing statements have been used since the days of the Monroe Administration, they have received very little attention of the political science world. However, the last two presidential administrations ...
The Economics of Non-Compete
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Employees who work with proprietary research method, upcoming scientific innovation projects, or sometimes with a list of clients providing technical services typically have to sign non-compete covenants. Non-Competes are ...
THE HISTORY AND STRATEGIES OF ADDRESSING THE BLACK-WHITE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN THE U.S.
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Since the 1960s, the academic achievement gap between black and white students in the United States has been prevalent. Black student academic achievement is on average two grade levels below whites. In the last 30 years, ...
A NEW WORLD ORDER: THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF AMERICAN PRIMACY
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Over the past twenty-five years, the United States has moved from optimism to considerable pessimism about its role to do well in the world. Indeed, President George H.W. Bush’s “New World Order” stands unquestionably in ...
Climate Change Awaits Zarathustra: Fostering Societal Action For Developments Towards Climate Change Action
(Georgetown University, 2021)
This project examines the identification and implementation of societal level changes in an ethical manner within and across national boundaries with primary consideration for future innovations which will eliminate climate ...
THE ENDS OF JUSTICE: SEEKING PERPETUAL PEACE IN A TIME OF ENDLESS WAR
(Georgetown University, 2021)
U.S. forces have been engaged around the globe since World War II, and “endless” war has become the backdrop of American life. This militarized status quo is rife with paradox and contradiction. The Constitution stipulates ...