‘Veep’ comedic, absurd spin on DC politics
“Democracy is so overrated” remarks the shrewd Frank Underwood in the Washington D.C thriller “House of Cards.” While Netflix’s most popular drama satirizes the corrupt world of Washington D.C through…
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Risk of another ENDA failure indicates imperfections in US political system
In the first edition of The Miscellany News this fall, I wrote an article implicating the Senate in passing a critical piece of workplace equity legislation, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act…
Summer internship in capital grants political insight
Thanks to Netflix and 8th grade field trips, when most people think of Washington D.C., they conjure up images of The West Wing or 24. I’ll admit I too thought…
Obama drone memo reveals war of laws in Washington
All is fair in love and war, some say. But there is very little love lost in Washington, so let’s just talk about what’s fair in war. As a society,…