“This is one of the great moments of American history… Today we are taking a giant, bold and important step on the well-trodden path to fulfilling our country’s founding promise. This is a great moment for Judge Jackson, but it is an even greater moment for America as we rise…
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Jewell Alum represents U.S. at UN General Assembly
This past week, President Joe Biden announced his list of United States’ representatives attending the United Nations General Assembly. Among the list of representatives was Tom Carnahan, who graduated from William Jewell College in 2005 with a degree in International Relations. After completing his undergraduate degree, Carnahan attended the University…
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Biden makes artistic changes to the Oval Office
Along with embracing a new administration, the White House has also experienced a change in aesthetic. President Joe Biden enjoyed the time-honored tradition of personalizing the Oval Office after his inauguration on Jan. 20. Several additions, alterations and continuities portray both the new and the old values and aims that…
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President-elect Biden Cabinet Appointments to Date
President-elect Joe Biden’s first significant action regarding his presidency will be assembling his cabinet. The pivotal step of selecting who will be his primary advisors and who will run government agencies will set the tone for the next four years. Over the next several weeks, President-elect Biden will have to…
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Opinion: Election Day of the Imperial Core
(The following was written on Nov. 3, 2020, in the evening.) There is an energy about – at least here in Liberty, Missouri – perhaps too everywhere inside these boundaries called the United States. If I say this energy is palpable, this is said not entirely for cliché. That should be…
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Grab a snack: it’s election time
As the country is awaiting the official results of the election, it is the perfect time to stress eat political-themed food. Michaela Esau shares some of her appropriately named election eats.
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Biden and Trump’s Endorsements
As election day looms, it is worth looking at the collection of allies and supporters assembled for both campaigns. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have managed to largely unify their parties’ lawmakers and traditional allies around their campaigns. The Biden campaign’s endorsements reflect the balancing of the two major…
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Election Update: October 8
With more than two million ballots already cast, the tumultuous 2020 presidential election season is closing in on its final weeks. Though this entire race has been unconventional owing to a multitude factors including the pandemic, two recent events have further jolted the unprecedented race. On Sept. 29, President Donald…
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Opinion: Should celebrities share their political opinions?
Kanye dons a MAGA hat, Lebron draws on Malcolm X in an interview – what commonality holds in the conjunction of these two events? As events, of course, either can only be described in terms of radical difference, insofar as an event appears as the fact of its singularity, its…
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