Political science

Narcissus and Social Science

I remember learning in elementary school about the Greek myth of Narcissus — the man who was famed for his beauty and who fell in love...

Isaac Cui

Feb 12, 202111 min read

Do you ever wonder whether your brain is like a garbage can? I’m going to argue that mine is. Let me backup a little. The question is...

Isaac Cui

Jan 16, 20219 min read

I think I need to eat crow. As my friends at Pomona will probably recognize, I spent a lot of the last few years being (at least...

Isaac Cui

Dec 19, 202014 min read

This post is about the Election. As with all my posts, it’s going to be pretty rambly. But I’m splitting this one into three sections to...

Isaac Cui

Nov 15, 202024 min read

For the last sixteen years of my life, the start of Fall coincided, more or less, with a loss of freedom. Gone were the summer days...

Isaac Cui

Sep 29, 20208 min read