The image of a person walking home late at night is universally haunting. Horror movies have popularized this fear through tense, dramatic scenes: the long cast shadows as they maneuver around a corner. The incessant clutching of the backpack. Moving jerkily, they look behind, scanning for any stalkers or threats. With only the moon as […]
In a recent interview with CNBC, Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University’s Maurits C. Boas Professor of Economics and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned that the United States is hurtling toward an unavoidable debt crisis, citing concerns about annual deficits and a lack of political urgency. Rogoff cautioned that the situation may […]
On May 14, 2018, the United States Supreme Court struck down the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which had previously established a federal ban on sports gambling. PASPA formerly restricted sports gambling to Nevada and a few states that had applied for exemptions before the act was passed. The Court’s ruling, known as […]
