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Politics

Head to Head: Twos Company, Threes a Crowd?

Head to Head: Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd?

October 18, 2016

[row cols_nr="2"] [col size="6"] Two Party System in Need of Reform Nicholas Coleman As election day draws near, citizens in the United States are facing a familiar challenge this November. Whether one...

Hillary Clinton’s Missed Opportunities

Hillary Clinton’s Missed Opportunities

October 5, 2016

Following a tremendous performance at Hofstra University, which hosted the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, Hillary Clinton emerged indisputably as the victor. Her answers were concise and comprehensible,...

Two Party System in Need of Reform

By Nicholas Coleman September 29, 2016

As election day draws near, citizens in the United States are facing a familiar challenge this November. Whether one supports Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, it’s likely that neither candidate will...

US Presidential Debate Photo: Reuters

Clinton Comes out on Top in First Debate

By Sean Williams September 29, 2016

I was able to watch the first 2016 presidential debate at the Hinckley Institute’s “Watch Party," seeing the live event in the same room as about a hundred other students as well as members of the...

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War and the Hypocrisy of American Exceptionalism

By Connor Richards September 27, 2016

The conflict in Syria became even more confusing and chaotic when the United States recently carried out an attack aimed at Islamic State forces that left 62 dead and 100 more injured. The problem? It...

Presidential Debate Threshold Too High

Presidential Debate Threshold Too High

By Kyle Ruscigno September 26, 2016

Fifteen percent. That’s the magic number that a presidential candidate has to be polling at in order to get onto the debate stage on Sept. 26. However, unless Gary Johnson starts to poll in the upper...

Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson Still Going Strong

Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson Still Going Strong

By Nicholas Coleman September 24, 2016

Let’s just get this out of the way: on Sept. 8th, during an interview with MSNBC, presidential nominee Gary Johnson did ask, “What is Aleppo?” That much is incontestable, his inadequate display...

Liberal or Conservative, Let the Records Play

Liberal or Conservative, Let the Records Play

By Kyle Ruscigno September 24, 2016

The members of Queen happen to have some very different political views from Donald Trump. Yet in July, Trump fumbled onto the Republican Convention stage in an awkward, meandering introduction while "We...

Sharp Parallels Between Trump And Brexit

Sharp Parallels Between Trump And Brexit

By Nicholas Coleman September 20, 2016

It wasn’t too long ago that the British parliament lambasted Donald Trump for his political stances. Yet, the distinct parallels between Trump and post-Brexit Britain are rather stunning. Both arose...

Russia’s Not a Threat to the Election, We Are.

Russia’s Not a Threat to the Election, We Are.

By Kyle Ruscigno September 17, 2016

The United States' intelligence community has been in a frenzy the last few weeks as it reacts to the massive hack of the Democratic National Convention. The FBI and other intelligence agencies have indicated...