The Volterra Podcast 4

Catch up on The Volterra Podcast. In #4, Rowan Kane and Louis Rive are back from a break to discuss roadtripping and Continue reading →

What happens when the Islamic State isn’t defeated?

By Rowan Kane- Since overrunning swaths of Iraq from its strongholds in Syria earlier this summer, it’s been made relatively Continue reading →

Did Indonesia just out-democracy the US?

Indonesia is, in a lot of ways, very similar to the United States. It is just behind the US (3rd Continue reading →

Sykes-Picot and pretending you know something about the Middle East

By Rowan Kane- For almost a century two guys named Sykes and Picot have ruled over the Middle East. Maybe Continue reading →

Race and the American Myth

By Rowan Kane “All men are created equal.” Forgetting for a brief moment the contemporary paradox between those words and Continue reading →

The NCAA is Capitalism

By Rowan Kane College athletics, as driven by the NCAA, is the perfect microcosm of modern American capitalism, as driven Continue reading →

On Work

By Rowan Kane As I was sitting on the couch in my room with my computer on my lap and Continue reading →

Kiev and the Second Amendment

By Rowan Kane If Ukrainians can rein in their government without guns, Americans can, too.  The lesson of the last Continue reading →