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Welcome to The Undercurrent

Winter 2010-11

Campus Media Response: Wisconsin Protestors: Fighting for the Privilege to Count Themselves as the “Public”

Newly-elected Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, buoyed by Republican majorities in both houses of the state legislature, has proposed a dramatic…

Sorry About the Cold, It’s for the Planet

Humans go without heat in the quest for energy efficiency As China has rapidly industrialized in the last few decades,…

Campus Media Response: Beware of Democratic Tyranny in Mideast Revolutions

In a sudden groundswell of popular anger directed against Arab dictatorships, a popular uprising that began in Tunisia has now…

Campus Media Response: WikiLeaks is no Champion of Free Speech

Writing for Rutgers’ Daily Targum, Cody Gorman comes to a conclusion about the WikiLeaks controversy that is starkly different from…

Campus Media Response: Stop “Engaging” North Korea

In the last several months we have seen North Korea sink a South Korean naval vessel and shell the island…

More Money, Fewer Rights?

During debate over the recent tax bill, many people complained bitterly about the idea of allowing the wealthiest taxpayers to…

Out with Denial, in with Adult Conversation?

Have Americans actually changed their minds about government spending? A Federal commission recently concluded its work on a proposal to…

Campus Media Response: WikiLeaks and the New Face of Nihilism

In an incisive piece in MIT’s The Tech, Keith Yost writes the following regarding the recent WikiLeaks scandal, in which…

Campus Media Response: Intrusive Airport Security at Home is the Inevitable Price of Weakness Abroad

The Editorial Board of the The Alligator at the University of Florida expressestypical American outrage over the new intrusive security…

After the Election, the Tea Party Protests Must be Ongoing

Not since 1938 have Republicans gained so many seats in a single Congressional election as they did in the recent…