avatar Jonathan D. Roger is a student at Boston University, double majoring in history and political science. He is concentrating on American politics and public policy as well as military history. He currently interns for a state senator at the Massachusetts State House.
  1. US Navy commander and sailors in Pensacola, Florida, December 4, 2009

    A Free Market Military

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    JD Roger wonders whether the United States armed forces and their advancement structure could be more meritocratic.

  1. A Government By the People

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    Just a few days ago, President Barack Obama and his staff announced their Open Government Directive. In a memo, beginning

  1. Participation–Why Bother?

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    Participate? Why? You’ve got enough people in your movement that I shouldn’t have to participate. I don’t need to join

  1. United States Capitol, Washington DC, September 2008

    How Disturbed Are You?

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    No, really, how disturbed are you? Disturbed enough to join a social movement? Maybe help out as a checkbook member?

  1. Why do we Bowl?

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    In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam suggests that we act politically because of a shared trust and sense of community. Other