Declaring a National Emergency for a Border Wall
Robert Taylor, Opinion Editor
February 22, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Mr. Trump, our president, wants the United States to build a wall along the border between Mexico and the United States in order to stem the flow of illegal immigration to the United States. Throughout the presidential campaign of 2016 one of Mr. Trump’s major political promises was the building of this ...
The Debate Over Trump’s Nationalism
Robert Taylor, Opinion Editor
December 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Over the past month, President Trump has self described himself as a nationalist. To quote the president: “A globalist is a person that wants the globe to do well, frankly, not caring about our country so much. And you know what? We can't have that. You know, they have a word. It sort of became old-fashioned....
A Technicality at Best
Robert Taylor, Opinion Editor
December 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Elizabeth Warren has been a Massachusetts Senator since 2012, and has tackled issues such as Wells Fargo’s illegal banking practices, student loans, and racial inequality. However, she has not escaped controversy as evidenced by Republicans voting that she violated rule 19 (a senate rule of debate...
Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
Elizabeth Rakowski, Staff Writer
December 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump on July 8th, 2018. Before his nomination, Professor Christine Blasey Ford contacted a Washington Post tip line with allegations that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her during the early 1980s while the two of them were in high...
The Importance of Student Journalism
William Kennedy, Editor-In-Chief
December 10, 2018
In April of last year, a story about six students at Pittsburg High School in Kansas that caused the resignation of the school’s newly hired principal was widely reported. When a student went to interview the new hire, Amy Robertson, for a profile, the interviewee was evasive in her responses. Questions...
Tesla’s In Trouble
Robert Taylor, Opinion Editor
November 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
There is little doubt in my mind that you have heard of Tesla, and of its electric cars. Maybe you have seen pictures of celebrities posing with the cars, or heard stories of their infamous issues with self-parking and automatic driving. Maybe you obsessively scan the news every day for information ...
Times Have Changed, Reflects Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing
Nicole Braun, Managing Editor
November 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The nation was glued to their screens on Thursday, September 28th as the hearings of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh commenced. Viewers on both sides of the aisle watched, tweeted, commented, and shared some critical moments in United States Senate Judiciary Committee history. Th...
Trump and the Trade War
Sam Braun, Staff Writer
May 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
In late March of this year, the Chinese government swore to President Trump that, if conflict arises, they will “fight to the end.” ‘Fighting,’ in this context, does not necessarily mean firing missiles and machine guns, yet it does signify something equally unsettling: a trade war. For t...
Faceoff: Facebook
Sophia Berkofsky and Bobby Taylor
May 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Facebook: An Evil Entity By: Sophia Berkofsky Cambridge Analytica, the political consulting firm that worked on behalf of the Trump campaign in 2016, had gained access to the private information of about 50 million Facebook users. Following reports of this breach from The New York Times...
Confusing and Frightening Nuclear Rhetoric During State of The Union
Liam Nelson, Staff Writer
March 6, 2018
Filed under Opinion
On Tuesday, January 30, President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address since assuming office just over one year ago. While he outlined his plans and policies, reaffirmed the position of his administration on issues such as healthcare, and promised to rebuild American energy usin...
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