No Politics Is Local
Dan Hopkins on The Increasingly United States.
Stimulus Man
Ed DeSeve WG’71
The Justice Who Was of Two Minds
Appointed to the Supreme Court for his crusading prosecution of the Teapot Dome Scandal in the 1920s, Owen Roberts went from New Deal obstructionist to enabler after Roosevelt threatened to “pack” the court. Was the alumnus and future Law School dean merely expedient, or a statesman who put country before consistency?
Will Do Science for Stimulus Money
Stimulus funds support student research
National Insecurity
Alumnus Richard Clarke probably knows—and cares—more about national security than anyone alive, as he proved on 9/11 and afterwards. His latest book examines the government’s failures, offers remedies—and tells some stories.
Terror Investigator
John Sopko C’74