World Affairs Alexander Spencer | 22 Jul 2021 Intervention and Self-Determination in Haiti What kind of solution best respects the agency of the Haitian people and might find the necessary footing to take hold?
Politics Alexander Spencer | 31 Mar 2021 The Value of Secrecy in Congress If voting in secret encourages members of Congress to vote their conscience, why shouldn't secret voting be the norm?
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Voter Participation What is required in order for our government to represent the people's will? 8 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Money in Politics How could money possibly undermine citizens' basic political equality in a democracy? 7 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Minority Rights The Electoral College, partisan gerrymandering, and varying Congressional district sizes have all undermined the people's political voice. 6 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Considered Position: Flawed Democracy - Disenfranchisement No taxation without representation? Many still have no way of having their political voice recognized. 5 Oct 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Cardi B, Ben Shapiro, and the Pop Culture vs. High Culture Debate Who is to say what constitutes high art or even what qualifies as art in the first place? 29 Sep 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Censoring "Gratuitous" Violence Confronting real-world violence can be an important agent of change. Might we have a social responsibility to share and bear witness to real-life horrors? 30 Jun 2020 | Alexander Spencer
"Defund the Police": A Powerful if Ambiguous Slogan Abolishing law enforcement as we know it could mean many different things. Can the history of the police force give us direction in where to go from here? 25 Jun 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Complications in Our Picture of Looting While the vast majority of protests have been peaceful, those that aren't challenge us in ways that require further investigation. 4 Jun 2020 | Alexander Spencer
The Remote of Morty and the Ring of Gyges The most recent episode of Rick and Morty raises familiar questions about the value of virtue—and the harm of immoral action—in the absence of consequences. 21 May 2020 | Alexander Spencer
The Problem and Potential of Provincialism History, geography, and politics have conspired to keep most Americans sheltered from the outside world. This has worked both to our benefit and our detriment. 12 May 2020 | Alexander Spencer
When It Comes to Privacy, We Shouldn't Have to "EARN-IT" The push to hold Facebook and Pinterest accountable for illicit material circulated by private users on their sites may also undermine our internet privacy and put limits on free speech. 31 Mar 2020 | Alexander Spencer
Bloomberg: Biasing Elections With Billions Self-funding one's political campaign seems like a noble endeavor, but it also raises a host of concerns. 25 Feb 2020 | Alexander Spencer
State Neutrality and Public Holidays The politics behind government-recognized holidays often go unnoticed, but the message that is sent says a lot. 30 Dec 2019 | Alexander Spencer
American Social Media Support of the Hong Kong Protests Issue of free speech lie at the heart of the Hong Kong protests. And exercising our right to it (especially on social media) has important consequences for Hong Kong, as does our silence. 16 Oct 2019 | Alexander Spencer
Felicity Huffman Sentencing: Justice and Fairness in Punishment Are fines an appropriate punishment when the wealthy attempt to purchase social, political, and economic advantage at others' expense? 16 Sep 2019 | Alexander Spencer