Omid Panahi, RDTinThe StartupConfirmation Bias: What Limits Our IntellectWe live in an unprecedented information age characterized by ever-growing polarization among the populace. The advent of the internet…6 min read·Nov 19, 2019----
Omid Panahi, RDTClimate Change: The Problem of the Twenty-first CenturyEvery period of American history is often associated with a particular national or international crisis, which performs the twofold…6 min read·May 13, 2019--3--3
Omid Panahi, RDTAmerican Exceptionalism in the MakingThe history of the United States is riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies, some of which are fairly subtle and some so blatant…4 min read·Apr 22, 2019--2--2
Omid Panahi, RDT‘Survival of the Fittest’: What Set Darwin and Spencer ApartCharles Darwin and his contemporary philosopher Herbert Spencer may not have had much to say about modernity, but they certainly had a lot…5 min read·Nov 26, 2018----
Omid Panahi, RDTThe Gradual Demise of the Consumer Financial Protection BureauSince the early days of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump emphatically vowed to “drain the swamp” as president of the United States…4 min read·May 11, 2018----
Omid Panahi, RDTGerrymandering Our Democracy AwayIt is a rather unfortunate circumstance that any discussion of gerrymandering in non-specialized circles necessarily needs to begin with…9 min read·Apr 27, 2018--3--3
Omid Panahi, RDTCommentary on Brian Murray’s ‘Coming Out of the Broom Closet’If there is one thing that Brian Murray’s paper “Coming Out of the Broom Closet” does an outstanding job of right off the bat, it is…3 min read·Mar 21, 2018----
Omid Panahi, RDTThe Quiet Wrath of Robert MuellerDespite endless and frantic protestations by President Trump, the United States intelligence agencies have reason to believe that the…5 min read·Mar 3, 2018----
Omid Panahi, RDTDonald Trump, a President Only by NameOf the countless outlandish declarations that the 45th president of the United States has made thus far — from the comically frivolous such…5 min read·Jan 11, 2018----
Omid Panahi, RDTThe Musings of a Drunken WriterNote: The image above portrays the late Christopher Hitchens, the British-American writer who is a literary and intellectual hero of mine…4 min read·Jan 4, 2018----
