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-21 posts tagged "Government"
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, March 1, 2023
One of my favorite classes this semester has been Politics of China, a solid political science course dedicated to the history of Chinese politics since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in the fall of 1949. I have been able to learn a great deal about China’s journey from near anarchy in the
Alysa Guffey | Thursday, January 26, 2023
The Notre Dame student senate convened Wednesday night to pass resolutions to eliminate Student Union Board (SUB) representatives as elected positions, adjust funding rules for diverse student clubs and clarify the usage of funds for campaign reimbursements. Senate approves change in SUB representative elections SUB executive director Rachel Dorfner presented SO 2223-21, an order to
Notre Dame Write to Vote | Thursday, December 8, 2022
What’s next? This immortal question is the catchphrase of Jed Bartlet, fictional U.S. president and Notre Dame graduate in “The West Wing.” After every celebration of a bill passed, nominee confirmed or negotiation reached, Jed would ask the same question. What’s next? One month out from the 2022 midterm elections, you might find yourself asking
Kate Naessens | Monday, October 31, 2022
For those looking to gain internship experience while studying off-campus, the Notre Dame Washington Program poses an exciting and unique opportunity. Open to sophomores and juniors, the program boasts alumni who have gone on to work with The Washington Post, CNN, Facebook and in Congress. Students spend at least three days a week at their internships
Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A couple of weeks ago, a good friend of mine called me out in the middle of class for not paying attention to the lecture, and beckoned me to stop goofing around my computer. She asked me what I was doing, unable to figure out the purpose of the website I was playing around in
David Henry | Thursday, December 2, 2021
“… Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,” Thomas Jefferson claimed in the Declaration of Independence. This claim, that governments are legitimized by the consent of the governed, is an important one because it is nothing less than the moral justification for every law and institution our
Trevor Lwere | Monday, August 17, 2020
It is a foregone conclusion that the ongoing pandemic has fundamentally disrupted our ways of life. Yet we don’t seem to be actively thinking about the reverse; how have our ways of life, individually and collectively as a society, affected our experience of the pandemic? In particular, whereas a lot has been said about the
BridgeND | Wednesday, February 13, 2019
To most, a Marxian society and a society where everyone receives an annual income from the government do not sound too different. However, the second could exist in a world radically different than a Marxian one; it could exist in our world. In fact, this idea has gained momentum even within conservative and libertarian circles.
BridgeND | Wednesday, November 28, 2018
There is no such thing as separation of church and state. The two are totally inseparable, and what the modern interpretation of the term really means is the substitution of one church for another. One which is pretty gross, in my opinion. For clarification, I’m not saying that separation of church and state isn’t desirable
Jordan Ryan | Monday, January 29, 2018
This Tuesday, Jan. 30th, President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union before members of Congress. In the traditional letter from the Speaker of the House inviting the President to make the constitutionally required address, Speaker Paul Ryan suggested the broad framework for President Trump’s speech writing, “Today, we are in the midst