Potomac Fever

A couple weeks ago I attended a National Journal event "A Discussion with Charlie Cook" at the Newseum. The topic of discussion wa...

This week, I was lucky enough to tour the Sewall- Belmont House and Museum with the other NOW interns. Tucked right on Capitol Hill between...

  With tuition steadily on the rise across the country, many students are losing interest in attending law school. Once considered a sur...

​ While the government shutdown is officially behind us, a new pressing issue is causing fresh panic  among many federal agencies, t he imp...

With the 2013 elections behind us, the countdown to the 2014 midterms has officially begun.  Issues such as the recent government shutdown a...

 A few weeks ago my class watched a documentary, Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? The documentary follows the 2004 campaign of Jeff...

                                                            Meeting with Representative Hanna On October 23 rd , the Hamilton Coll...

In the Midst of the Shutdown, the D.C. Program Rolls On! As the Fall 2013 Semester moves along, the D.C. program continues its immersio...

Having grown up not far from New York City and spending my first semester of college abroad in London, I felt ready to embark on a new city...

I had never been to Washington, DC until this past summer when I interned for the Department of State. While I come from ...

As I sit at my desk at the office of the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of Justice, I think back to where I was o...

           Everywhere I go, it seems that someone is telling me to watch "Parks and Recreation". Although the show seemed decent t...

Living in Washington, D.C. for a semester is especially interesting for me because unlike many people, I have not spent that much time here....

What Has Changed When you look at the current conflict in Syria from a historical point of view you will find that nothing has changed....

This week kicked off the 44 th year for the Hamilton College Program in Washington, D.C. With internships, debates, and excursions, thi...

Malala Yousufzai for the next Nobel Peace Prize? Thoughts, anyone?

Today, we held our first Senate Committee simulation, in which students took turns advocating various positions regarding the situation in M...

Potomac Faithful, We are back. I'll try to keep this blog, the blog for Hamilton College's D.C. Program, updated as frequently as ...

I saw this on the local news tonight. What I find most interesting is that Georgetown plans to offer MOOCs in the humanities, social science...

"The University of Phoenix played a key role in defeating legislation that would have allowed community colleges in Arizona to offer ...

Apparently, under current law, the U.S. Treasury can make as many platinum coins as it wants and assign them any value... Crazy, right? Appa...

http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/al-gore-obama-must-get-moving-84728.html

According to him, law school is worth it, insider's point of view: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/opinion/law-school-is-worth-the-m...

I don't put a ton of faith in preditctions of the future, but I believe in data and statistics, so found this article very interesting. ...

Interesting and pretty darn funny http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/11/28/166112177/i-know-where-you-tweeted-last-summer

Hey DC Crew, As we all prepare to study for our finals, wrap up our Independent Projects and practice in front of the mirrors to shape ...