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-Lukas O'Donnell | Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Since World War II and the start of the nuclear age, the world of state diplomacy and relations has drastically changed. Before, world superpowers fought on a nearly constant basis about pitifully small things, from love interests to the cutting off of a naval captain’s ear. Now however, it seems like even very large international
Lukas O'Donnell | Wednesday, April 2, 2014
It is often said that history has a way of repeating itself. Since all people throughout history have possessed an underlying consistency of human nature, it can be expected that we too will make mistakes similar to our predecessors. For centuries, countries have been fighting back and forth over landmasses, from Napoleon in France to
Lukas O'Donnell | Monday, March 3, 2014
Is President Obama the next Jimmy Carter? In light of recent international events, this alarming question must be asked. The United States has battled the decline into the background of world affairs before in the 1970s, when nothing seemed to be going our way. Oil prices spiked out of control, Russia gained ground both internationally
Lukas O'Donnell | Sunday, February 9, 2014
In today’s modern world, occupied by the 24-hour news cycle and a plethora of television pundits, one cannot help but come to the sobering conclusion that the United States is on the decline. The economy is still unstable from the Great Recession. Congress is in constant partisan gridlock. Jobs are leaving for cheaper alternatives overseas,