New Frontier is a blog about politics, law, and culture created by Marshall Bursis and Samarth Desai.
The name invokes President Kennedy’s New Frontier and its underlying political philosophy that unsolved challenges and uncertain futures require fresh thinking, optimism in our collective capacities, and a commitment to progress.
“Some would say that those struggles are all over, that all the horizons have been explored, that all the battles have been won, that there is no longer an American frontier. But I trust that no one in this assemblage would agree with that sentiment; for the problems are not all solved and the battles are not all won; and we stand today on the edge of a New Frontier — the frontier of the 1960’s, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats.”
– John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance Address, 1960.
Marshall Bursis is a recent graduate of Davidson College interested in law, government, and public policy.
Samarth Desai is a graduate of Harvard College interested in constitutional law, foreign policy, and history.
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