The South China Sea Conflict: International Political Economy, Power Rivalries, and Incident Outcomes Editors Note: Original PDF found in hyperlink here. Introduction and Research Question In the last two decades, the race to control the […]
Category: Law
“The Shutdown” or “Retards in the Legislature”
I am not a fan of Obamacare. It’s not its much-vaunted permanency problems, nor the hesitant start-up the initiative has been going through. It’s something else. Jesus, it’s like every week since they passed the […]
Cinco De Mayo 2013: The Enemy Within
When Cinco de Mayo comes around, the first and last thoughts I have about it are, in order, “shit it’s time for some Corona and tacos” and “crazy how the French were in Mexico all […]
War and the Four Constraints: The NEFA Files
In our last discussion, I focused on the four constraints that complicate how the United States Military fights its wars against violent, non-state actors. The constraints are operational, organizational, legal, and moral in their handicap. […]
The Road to 9/11
Nationsmith writer K. David reminisces on where he was on that fateful day. It was on September 11, 2001 four jetliners were high-jacked into becoming improvised weapons of terror. Of the four, three successfully made […]
Todd Akin Is Mistaken
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Todd Akin made his comments on Sunday about how “legitimate rape” can not produce a pregnancy. His Senate campaign is now probably hopeless, but once again the abortion debate has been […]
American Gerontocracy
By K. David Du Nationsmith writer K. David Du analyzes interesting age trends amongst the world’s political elites and their countries’ population median and the sharper differences between the emerging world and the industrialized one. […]
Should Familial DNA Testing Be Allowed?
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) DNA databases have been a great investigative tool for crime solving over the past twenty years. Most states have their own databases, but the FBI developed CODIS to serve as the […]
Abortcalypse Now
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) Mississippi has creatively thought of a way to get rid of abortion in their state. Lawmakers there have established a set of regulations that are so unreasonable to follow, there is […]
The Right to Bear Arms
By Eric Zanzucchi (@ericzanzucchi) I was beginning to write an article about America’s prison population when I came across a statistic that shocked me. While America’s murder rate is declining, it is still about four […]
The Nationsmith 