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(06/21/15 2:55pm)
The Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary are the first two contests in the race to earn the Democratic or Republican nomination for president. These two states dominate media coverage of the election and candidates spend an enormous amount of time campaigning within these states—but, Iowa and New Hampshire should not be getting the attention that they are.
(06/14/15 2:41pm)
Presidential candidate for
2016, Bernie Sanders, recently scored a seemingly major win for his campaign,
as he came within eight points of Hillary Clinton in a Wisconsin Democratic
Convention straw poll. However, he has a tough road ahead of him if he’s going
to win the Democratic nomination, because while many Americans agree with his message,
Clinton is a Goliath of an opponent and it may be difficult to claim a victory
over her.
(06/07/15 3:18pm)
Rand Paul scored a big victory in Congress, as he led a successful filibuster over the renewal of key provisions of the Patriot Act. Despite his more Libertarian stance on domestic surveillance, Paul’s past remarks show that he still holds some troubling views on many domestic issues.
(05/31/15 2:46pm)
The TV and movies we watch, the games we play and the music we listen to form a big part of our identity. “Geek culture,” which has become the popular culture of this decade, is a cultural identity entirely based on what media you consume. Dating websites use your favorite music and movies as a means to match you with other people. Essentially, you are what media you consume and that media can influence your behavior and self-image.
(05/17/15 2:44pm)
The comic book film industry has a huge problem with how it portrays its female characters – in that it doesn’t. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe films are massively popular, with over 3 billion dollars grossed over 11 movies, not one single movie featured a woman in the title role. Marvel has 11 more movies planned, but only one of those, “Captain Marvel,” is headlined by a woman.
(05/14/15 5:38am)
On April 30, Sen. Bernie Sanders, an
independent from Vermont, officially announced that he would be running for the
Democratic nomination for president in 2016. He is the first official
challenger to Hillary Clinton and is the kind of candidate this election
desperately needs.
(05/03/15 3:21pm)
On April 25 peaceful protests over the Baltimore Police Department’s involvement in the death of Freddie Gray turned violent, escalating into riots that lasted through the night. Social media exploded with commentary and people condemned the violence and the lootings. No one wants to see a city burn and people get hurt. Several contrasts were made between the peaceful protests led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and these protests. These contrasts were made in order to take legitimacy away from the protests and paint them as being simply violent.
(04/19/15 4:23pm)
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously passed a bill last week that would require Congressional approval of any agreement made with Iran. The bill has the support of both Republicans and Democrats, and The New York Times reported that President Obama has reluctantly agreed to the measure after a series of last-minute compromises and concessions.
(04/06/15 4:04pm)
Free will is something we all presume we have. It is a key concept in many religions and philosophies. It is defined by contemporary Hungarian philosopher Ferenc Huoranszki as the capacity for an individual to be responsible for his or her own actions. It is a commonly held thought that all of us are in full control of our choices in life and that self-determination is the natural state in which we all exist.
(03/29/15 5:21pm)
With the popularity of book-to-movie adaptations and TV streaming services, a new kind of fear is spreading in the American public: the fear of the spoiler. Concern over spoilers is something I’ve noticed in the past few years. It’s an entirely new fear that is proliferated by social media, and made worse by the plethora of movie and TV adaptations that are being produced now.
(03/22/15 6:30pm)
Voter turnout in the 2014 election was historically low. According to data collected by the Institute for Democracy Electoral Assistance, only 33.4 percent of the voting age population voted in the midterm elections of 2014, which is the lowest turnout since 1942. While turnout in midterm elections is consistently lower, turnout in presidential elections is not much better. Voter turnout has never risen higher than 60 percent of the voting age population. This is a serious problem for a democracy; however, the reason for such low turnout is fairly easy to explain: voting just isn’t worth it for a huge portion of the electorate.
(03/15/15 6:03pm)
The United States has been participating in talks with Iran in order to come to an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program. Feeling left out, House Republicans invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give a speech in Congress on the dangers of a nuclear deal with Iran. Feeling even more left out, 47 Senate Republicans, including Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and Senator John McCain, all signed a letter to Iranian leaders. The letter was authored by freshman Senator Tom Cotton.
(03/15/15 3:18pm)
On March 4, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case, which is the latest court case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The case is challenging the language of the bill and challenging the legality of the IRS issuing subsidies to those who purchased healthcare on the federal exchanges. The lawsuit contends that the language of the bill says that the IRS can only issue subsidies to those who bought health insurance on the state-created exchanges. Only 14 states created their own healthcare exchanges.
(03/15/15 3:19pm)
Feminism has become something of a dirty word over the past few years. Men, and even some women, have railede against the term, seeing feminists as aggressive, men-hating, women-supremacists. Many men have adopted the term “meninist” for themselves, and advocate for what they call “men’s rights.” Many others have used the term equalist, saying that they believe everyone is equal, and deserves equal rights.
(03/01/15 6:59pm)
On Jan. 29, in one of their first acts, the Republican-controlled Senate approved the Keystone XL Pipeline by a 62-36 vote, and GOP lawmakers in the Senate have called passing the Keystone XL pipeline a “top priority,” according to U.S. News.
(02/15/15 8:45pm)
The way we elect our president is through the Electoral College system. While we do have a popular vote, it is the Electoral College that officially selects who our next president will be. Electors typically cast their vote for the candidate who wins the popular vote in their respective state. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes, currently 270, wins the presidency.
(02/08/15 5:54pm)
We are a little over a month into 2015 and already there are more cases of measles than we have on average in a given year. The CDC has reported that there have been 102 cases of measles in the U.S. between Jan. 1 and Jan. 30. Back in 2002, measles were declared to have been eliminated from the Americas.
(02/01/15 5:14pm)
The idea that voters are generally uninformed is a pervasive and popular opinion. This leads many people, both political junkies and less politically knowledgeable people, to come to the conclusion that voters are incapable of making good decisions in elections. However, I don’t believe this is the case. Voters are not uninformed and are able to vote correctly a majority of the time.
(01/25/15 5:53pm)
The Internet is becoming an increasingly essential part of our society. People simply cannot thrive in our modern world without having access to a quality Internet connection. In the U.S. however, quality Internet is becoming difficult to come by. Only a small number of aloof corporations offer broadband service and the services they provide are proven to be growing in price and declining in quality.
(01/18/15 5:24pm)
After World War I, an entire generation felt abandoned and devoid of faith and hope. Their government had sent them to fight in one of the most horrific and bloody wars in human history. They felt that their God had abandoned them and allowed this brutal war to happen. This generation of directionless and wandering survivors became known as the Lost Generation.