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Alex Hurst '12

Alex Hurst '12

Contributing Writer
Climate Change and the E.U.'s Soft Power

Climate Change and the E.U.'s Soft Power

This year of the apocalypse actually began with good news about climate change. In a perfect example of soft power with an edge, the European Union decided to leverage its weight as the world’s largest economic market to compel the majority of the world’s airlines to participate in
Alex Hurst '12 Mar 6, 2012

Thou Shalt Hate the Poor

Apparently there is a new commandment that has been revealed unto the Republican Party. One that Jesus errantly left out of his parables and teachings and that Joseph Smith must have failed to read before he lost his special glasses or perhaps just forgot to pull out of his magic
Alex Hurst '12 Feb 21, 2012

The Indispensable Continent: Why the World Still Needs Europe

Europe as a continent and a society didn’t just teeter on the precipice of destruction, it fell off — twice. It is from this history that the European Union has become a living dream of nonviolence and proof of the possibility of redemption, created from a cry for harmony and
Alex Hurst '12 Jan 24, 2012

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