"As other American fiefdoms fade, Washington looms larger than ever" reports the Washington Post, explaining that while Washington has historically played second fiddle to American cities such as New York and Chicago and the capitals of other powerful nations, like London and Paris, it has seen an unprecedented rise in both power and popularity over the last century. Far from remaining the "muddy outpost in the woods" which struck Toqueville as an appropriate capital for a federal republic, Washington switched from a significantly low growth rate in the 1800s to a population expansion "thre

As I went through my usual morning routine - waking up, hitting the snooze button on my alarm clock anywhere from 10 to 15 times, and flipping on the TV to watch the simulcast of ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike in the Morning on ESPN 2 - I was surprised that they were discussing Notre Dame football (which, besides the Chicago Bears, is what my life revolves around).

From my bi-weekly column in my school newspaper, the Emory Wheel:

In liberal blogs and opinion magazines the tone toward Obama’s proposed “economic reforms” is that they must be approved — and approved immediately; anything else is just simple-minded Republican obstructionism.

Saturday Night Live's 2006 skit, "Don't Buy Stuff," is hilariously apt advice, especially for our Treasury Department...