The United States is a great country for a number of reasons. But when political bipartisanship turns into Super Bowl-esque celebration, I think it’s time to look in the mirror. I didn’t run...

This past week, Barack Obama became the first president since Franklin Roosevelt to be re-elected with relatively high levels of unemployment. His win and the Democrats’ resounding victories are testaments...

As last Tuesday’s election results made clear, over $1 billion in campaigning spending created 17 minutes of election night uncertainty. Last Tuesday, Fox News called the presidential election at 11:17...

The election is over. Barack Obama will serve another term as president. Supporters rejoice, detractors mourn. The American people made a choice Tuesday that will dictate the direction of public policy...

Many students voting in the District of Columbia and northern Virginia last Tuesday encountered long lines and delays at polling places, which in Georgetown were partly because of a surge in student voter...

Georgetown students love politics. As a professor of government, this is a very good thing for me. It means that my classes are always full, students actually do the reading for my courses — at least...

Each license plate on a car registered in the District reads “Taxation Without Representation,” the old Revolutionary War-era saying. But to residents of this city, that sentiment isn’t merely historical...

Today marks the end of an exceptionally drawn out and turbulent presidential election cycle. For most of us undergraduates on the Hilltop, this is the first time we have been eligible to vote for a presidential...

The presidential candidates made several stops from Iowa to Ohio to fight for those last votes that could sway the election in their favor. A national average of polls has Barack Obama and Mitt...

Each license plate on a car registered in the District reads “Taxation Without Representation,” the old Revolutionary War-era saying. But to residents of this city, that sentiment isn’t merely...

The steering committee of the Georgetown Community Partnership, a body formed out of the university’s 2010 Campus Plan agreement with the surrounding community, convened for the first time Saturday. According...

Former and current members of the State Department discussed the future of the United States’ role in Asia in Gaston Hall Thursday afternoon. The event,“Forging Consensus: U.S.-Asia Policy in the...