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The Fact of the Matter Is, Facts Dont Matter in Politics

The Fact of the Matter Is, Facts Don’t Matter in Politics

November 13, 2015

Ben Carson has earned a spot atop Santa’s Naughty List this week after a few fibs concerning his life story hit the news media. When Politico reported in early November that Carson had never, contrary...

I Tried Going Without my Phone for an Entire Week

I Tried Going Without my Phone for an Entire Week

November 5, 2015

I’ve got a problem. I admit it. I know I’m susceptible, probably more than most, to the call of social media, email, and apps. I read a report recently that said adults check their phones, on average,...

Benghazi Committee needs to be shut down

November 1, 2015

The Benghazi Committee has run its course. In Hillary Clinton's hearing last Thursday, the select committee — tasked with investigating the events surrounding the attack of a Libyan diplomatic compound...

America Should Emphasize Value of Being Multi-Lingual

October 26, 2015

Traveling through Europe this summer was incredible. With my recent (minuscule) acquisition of French, I was excited to practice un peu. I heard plenty of foreign languages — French, German, Dutch. I...

Why Our Political Debates are Broken

October 26, 2015

To begin with a mixed metaphor, the debate cycle has revved its silly engine and we are once again back in the political circus. Not to say that I don’t love them, but presidential debates are sometimes...

Hastening Efforts to Colonize Mars Could Guarantee Survival of Human Race

October 19, 2015

Those of you who’ve seen Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” likely know that Mars is one hell of a planet. In fact, the movie’s utter lack of an antagonist makes it pretty clear who (or what) the real...

‘Helicopter’ Parents Should Quit Coddling Kids, Learn from the ’50s

October 8, 2015

As we reflect on the past this Homecoming Week I’d like to focus on how kids are raised and draw a distinction between then and now, because things are getting ridiculous. The best part of my grandma’s...

U.S. Needs to Work With Russia to Solve Syrian Crisis

October 5, 2015

Since mid-August, media outlets have covered the flow of migrants surging into Europe from battle-torn Middle Eastern countries like Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. Dubbed the “European Migrant Crisis,”...

Op-Ed: Stop the Attack on Planned Parenthood

October 2, 2015

We’ve arrived at that special time of the year, when the government threatens to shut itself down over some spending issue or another. This time, it seemed as though Republicans — not all, but a few...

Common sense should suffice in drone-use regulation

September 28, 2015

My great-grandfather (b. 1918) once told me a story about his father and their first automobile. It was a 1920s Star Touring Car, equipped with a cloth top, side curtains and a steamboat whistle. The salesman...

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