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…Nov 19, 2019Nov 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…May 13, 20193May 13, 20193
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…Apr 22, 20192Apr 22, 20192
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…Nov 26, 2018Nov 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…May 11, 2018May 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…Apr 27, 20183Apr 27, 20183
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…Mar 21, 2018Mar 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…Mar 3, 2018Mar 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…Jan 11, 2018Jan 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…Jan 4, 2018Jan 4, 2018
