The death of former Senator Claiborne Pell on New Year's Day after a 15-year fight with Parkinson's disease symbolized the sad, slow decay of the federal college aid grant program that bears his name, as well as the increased value of education and human capital in the United States. More »
While I was on a Birthright trip to Israel this past December, a six-month ceasefire agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians ended, and violence ensued. Almost immediately, shells and rockets from Gaza started falling into the neighboring Israeli towns. Although nobody was killed, 60 rockets fired in one day is hardly a minor event. Incidentally, there were eight Israeli soldiers traveling with our group, which gave us a taste of what it would be like to be an Israeli citizen of our age. More »
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