Eagle Scout Court of Honor Speech

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for taking your time out of the day to come to my…

Switzerland and Belgium: Two Approaches to a Multilingual State

British Colonialism and Social Change in the Metropole

The Dark Knight’s Joker

The Dark Knight remains not only my favorite Nolan movie, but my favorite movie of all time. Both Christian Bale’s…

An Ancien ‘Military’ Régime: Nationalism in the French Revolutionary Army

Defining the Nation-State

If you pull out a recent world map, you will likely see large swaths of land that are separated by very distinct black lines. While geopolitical reality is definitely not as conclusive as the lines would suggest, the vast majority of national borders today are largely uncontested…

Batman Begins: The Definitive Origin Story

Today, the “superhero origin story” has become a tired formula, often seen as cliched…

Insomnia — A Nolan Film? (Spoilers)

Insomnia is often considered the forgotten Nolan film. Besides, some minor revisions on the final script, Nolan had no part in the making of the story. In fact, Insomnia is Nolan’s only film in which he doesn’t have any writing credits whatsoever. Being the director…

Quote of the Month: May 2016

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Quote of the Month: November 2016

“The world is against me. It wouldn’t be fair otherwise.”

— Anonymous