The beginning of the year 2014 was marked by a peculiar event. In an appellate court decision, a mother was found guilty of abuse and neglect for leaving her toddler in the car while she went into a store for five to ten minutes. Although the toddler was deemed to have been in no imminent […]
Author: Ryan Chae
What Gene-editing in China Reveals About Progress and Risk
On November 25, 2018, a Chinese researcher by the name of He Jiankui released a video of himself detailing the process through which he edited the genes of a set of twin girls. Against the backdrop of various scientific instruments and with a disarming smile, He reveals how his lab deleted the CCR5 gene in […]
Ukraine Wants Weapons, and NATO Should Give it to Them
Four years after Russia violated Ukraine’s territorial integrity and seized the Crimean Peninsula, it is clear that Putin got exactly what he wanted—and at little cost. While Russia used direct and decisive military action, the international community responded with underwhelming sanctions and words of admonishment. Years later, Ukraine remains tormented by constant attacks from pro-Russian […]
The Tyranny of Microaggression
On university campuses, increasingly within social interactions, and now potentially in large corporations, there has been a movement that should be cause for concern. This movement, which stems largely from the principles of PC culture, is the growing preoccupation with retaliating against microaggressions–defined as “comments or actions that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally express […]
The Civilian-Military Gap and the Undermining of the US Military
Civilian control of the military is one of the hallmarks of a democratic society. A government whose military is not under civilian control is effectively an authoritarian government, with the power to conduct state-sponsored violence on a whim. As mandated by the Constitution, the U.S. Armed Forces are under complete civilian control, meaning the decisions […]