DeVos Nominated as U.S. Education Secretary- What should we expect?
For the first time in U.S. history, there was a tie in passing a vote in Congress. No, this was not to pass a piece...
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A Tinder love story
“It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” This quote, scrawled on a napkin in the calming blue...
Supreme Responsibility
In accordance with Donald Trump’s campaign promises, the president nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy on the supreme court left by the unexpected death...
Trump Responds to Super Bowl LI
President Trump took to Twitter Sunday night to voice his support for the victorious New England Patriots. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer elaborated on...
Trump’s immigration ban proves to be a messy affair
President Trump’s fabled ban on immigration from Muslim-majority nations has come to fruition, receiving an unsurprisingly swift condemnation from many angles and causing logistical snarls...
Tech becomes world’s most selective campus
When thinking of things that can ruin a child’s life, there is a generally accepted list of things to watch out for. Crack cocaine. PCP....
Dakota Access Pipeline and the inconvenience of history
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a $3.8 billion conduit that when completed, will stretch 1,172 miles from North Dakota to Illinois, delivering about 470,000...
Of xenophobia and swimwear
Who would have thought 70 years ago that swimsuits covering too much of the body would ever be banned? A string of French beach towns...
Voting Third Party: An Exercise in Futility
Strategic voting has always been a difficult pill to swallow for many voters in all election cycles. The notion that it is necessary to vote...
The cowardice of Vichy Republicans
Donald Trump’s sparring with Khzir Khan and the subsequent response from a few notable members of the GOP highlighted a striking split in party ideology...
The DNC, pseudo-democracy and the resurgence of party power
It is easy to be angry, even outraged at the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) “neutrality” in the wake of the mass of leaked internal emails....
Erdogan survives coup that could not follow through
In Turkey, the President is required by the country’s constitution to be neutral in all matters of politics. Yet Recep Tayyip Erdogan has disregarded this...
Safety concerns at Black Lives Matter protests
Protesters have taken to the streets of Atlanta for five consecutive nights in the wake of police shootings and retaliatory attacks across the country. Two...
Ramadan ends with more terror, this time in Iraq, Saudi Arabia
The death toll rests at approximately 215 after a suicide bomber detonated a refrigerator truck filled with explosives in Baghdad, Iraq, the night of Saturday,...