Thanks to the D.C. Council's forward-thinking sensibility, reefer madness is (legally) coming to the District. The Council has recognized the utility of medical marijuana in light of strong evidence...

My former student sent me a recent column published in Newsweek by its editor, Jon Meacham, on "liberal education," the basics of which the students are supposed to receive here at Georgetown. The trouble...

The whole thing reads like a political fairy tale: In a race to fill the seat of the Liberal Lion of the Senate, in arguably the most Democratic state in the country, with the fate of Ted Kennedy's...

**Pre-emptive Prize:** President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - an award that drew more domestic criticism than approval. *Thumbs Down* **Sound Advice:** Obama followed the guidance of U.S....

Georgetown's Speech and Discussion Policy guides us in our approach to on-campus dialogue:"A university is many things; but central to its being is discourse, discussion, debate: the untrammeled expression...

Readers of The New York Times in 2011 will need a debit or credit card to access much of the newspaper's online content. What is most surprising about this change is that it did not come sooner, for instituting...

If you're planning to study abroad this semester, you've made progress. You've finished studying, conquered finals and returned home to begin your packing. You've had five semesters of your foreign language...

In early January, everyone talks about New Year's resolutions. To really succeed in following through with them, we shouldn't limit ourselves to vague and easily forgotten promises - such as sleeping eight...

A friend told me that she, her husband and her family were to spend time on the Mendocino coast in Northern California, where "it should be very cold and foggy, a refreshing change after D.C.!" This area...

The concept of rights once commanded respect as a central tenet of our constitutional republic. No longer. Liberals, consistent with their tendency to attack every institution of the American tradition,...

After a long, quiet summer here on campus, we can't tell you how exciting it has been watching this place come back to life over the last few weeks. As student body president and vice president, we want...

With JuicyCampus.com spreading through Georgetown, there are no winners on the Hilltop. Juicy Campus is a dangerous and undesired element, a cancer to our community, and action needs to be taken against...