President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has for some time desired for Turkey to replace Saudi Arabia as the dominant force in the Middle East. The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has demonstrated a well played opportunity to damage Saudi influence in the area, allowing for Turkey to fill the…
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The ethics of corporal punishment, explained
Realistically, violence can never be fully eradicated on earth. Those who say otherwise live in their own utopian fantasy, disconnected from reality. Nevertheless, peace should adamantly be the goal of any virtuous person. It is not pleasant to have a strongly held opinion invalidated. Like a Band-Aid, ripped off, it…
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Opinion: State of the Senate
Political scientists, analysts, professors, historians and even everyday citizens have been ruminating lately on the health of American democracy. A fever seems to have consumed the political discourse, beginning with the Republican Revolution in 1994. Since then hyper-partisanship and tribalism have surged. Worryingly, this disease has only seemed to grow…
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Opinion: Gun raffles benefit rural communities
Gun raffles have often been a fundraising tool for numerous groups. However, in light of recent gun violence, gun raffles have come under heavy scrutiny as to their legitimacy and necessity. However, the auctioning of firearms helps a variety of organizations gain money to help with the betterment of the…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Charter schools foster education through diversity
A charter school is an institution of public education that operates independently from the school districts in which they are located and receives both government and private funding. Charter schools operate like public schools in that they are free of tuition, open to all students and must take state and…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Charter schools are too costly, segregative
In 2017 an estimated 3.1 million students were enrolled in charter schools across the United States. This number, while seemingly small compared to the number of students who attend traditional public or private schools, is up almost two million from a decade ago. Enrollment is not the only thing to have…
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The negative consequences of corporal punishment, explained
Though corporal punishment has no scientific definition, it is colloquially understood as striking a child – typically with an open hand on the buttocks or extremities with the intention of modifying behavior without causing physical injury. Despite being less popular than in the 1950s, corporal punishment remains one of the…
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Opinion: Yes, It Matters – Kindness in the Dark
There is a man in the White House who has made it his mission to infect as many people as possible with hate. There is a man in the Supreme Court who is there to strip away some of the most important advancements we as a country have made in…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Kavanaugh and a lack of evidence
Amidst extreme controversy, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court Oct. 6 in a 50 to 48 vote. This story has dominated the news cycle as three women have accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting them while they were in high school or college with Kavanaugh. The accusation…
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