Luke Waggoner

By the time this article is published, there will probably be a completely new American approach to the crisis in Syria. The most recent news is that the U.S. and Russia agreed on a plan to confiscate and destroy Assad’s chemical weapons arsenal…

Gone are the days when marriage is the next stage after college. Americans are older and more educated at their weddings. While this shift in marriage trends may have little to do with your immediate life, it does highlight some very interesting…

Iran has never been called the beacon of democratic hope in the world. While there are a litany of indicators that can help determine the extent of a country’s freedom, freedom of the press one that is particularly helpful in assessing the liberty,…

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. In the century and a half that has passed since Abraham Lincoln issued this seminal statement regarding the status of African Americans in our country, America has also passed…

It is safe to say that by virtue of the political and societal environments that allow them, military coups are never a purely good occurrence. Throughout history, however, certain coups led by the military have been less violent and produced more…

Just over a week and a half ago, one of the world’s most controversial leaders was replaced by Hassan Rouhani. Since this iconic transfer of power, pundits from most all news sources have weighed in on the everything from Iran’s economic future to…

Can two individuals of the same sex enter into a lawful union, recognized by institutions in the United States? This question has in many ways sculpted all levels of the political landscape in America over the last decade. In the last five years,…

What does it mean to be American? Though American patriotism and nationalism have ebbed and flowed in the nearly 250 years of its existence, one reality has remained universally constant: American identity is predicated on diversity. America is the…