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Swanson: How to Talk Politics at the Holiday Table

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer December 3, 2019

As we steel ourselves to go home and interact with family members for the winter holiday season, we know there are three topics that you don’t bring up at the dinner table — money, religion and politics....

President Donald J. Trump and President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan of Turkey at the United Nations General Assembly (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Swanson: Trump’s Blunder In Syria Reminds Us To Vote For Strong Foreign Policy In 2020

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer November 20, 2019

From the 2018 midterms to the presidential campaigning throughout all of 2019, it feels like American politics has jumped from one election to the next. President Trump has made appearances at rallies...

The New York Times Building in Manhattan. The New York Times has been a regular target of the Trump Administration. (Courtesy Flickr)

Swanson: Trump’s War On The Press Feels Familiar

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer November 13, 2019

For any normal politician, attacking important and established American institutions like Congress and the free press would be political suicide. Then again, Donald Trump isn’t like any other American...

Senator Elizabeth Warren (Courtesy Flickr)

Swanson: Warren Can Rally Democrats, But Can She Win it All?

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer November 9, 2019

Biden may still be in the 2020 presidential race, but there are two other frontrunners with a credible shot at winning the nomination — Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Warren has had a...

Protestors in Hong Kong in June 2019 (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Swanson: People Of The World Unite In Solidarity For The Struggle

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer November 8, 2019

For the last seven months, the protestors of Hong Kong have been fighting one of the most powerful governments in the world. It has been going on for so long that it has changed from a backlash against...

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Swanson: If You’re Going to be a Single Issue Voter, Please Vote on Health Care

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer October 27, 2019

The debate over the future of healthcare has been at the forefront of American domestic policy for over 70 years. It was the number one issue among Democratic voters in 2019 and has been on the top 5 list...

Vice President Joe Biden (Courtesy Flickr)

Swanson: Biden’s Viability is Unsustainable. Democrats Ought to Jump Ship

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer October 22, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden entered the 2020 presidential race at the front of the pack. He was leading the polls even before officially throwing his hat into the ring. On April 25, the day he declared,...

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H2H: Should Democrats Pursue Impeachment?

By KC Ellen Cushman and Gavin Swanson October 16, 2019

Two of our opinion writers, KC Ellen Cushman and Gavin Swanson, have different perspectives on the impeachment inquiry that is gripping Washington and the nation. 

Laura Seymour and Mina Brown at the welcome desk at the ASUU offices in the Ray A. Olpin Student Union on the University of Utah Campus, Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, July 13, 2017.

Swanson: Student Fees Belong in Student Hands

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer September 30, 2019

When University of Utah students hear ASUU, they often think of its different boards, the events they host and the student body president. While this is indeed the public face of ASUU, it only constitutes...

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Swanson: Israel’s Unspoken Complicity in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer September 23, 2019

On September 13, 1993, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shook hands before the world, juxtaposed between a grinning President Clinton. It wasn’t an all encompassing agreement that brought the two adversarial...

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