“Although our first instincts are to argue, dismiss, or ignore the solutions to political problems lie in listening, and asking questions with the goal of gaining a fuller understanding.”
News, On Campus, Featured Story
Panel Predicts Bleak Future for Political Landscape After Trump’s Election
Tracy Regan, associate professor of economics, found it interesting that Trump did not publically back the American Health Care Act, contrasting it with his usual tendency to use his name for marketing.
Column
Is the Far-Right Here to Stay?
“With Trump, Euro-skeptics, and authoritarianism, the world order as we know it is in store for some big changes.”
Featured Story, Features
In O’Neill, Cartoons Reflect Political Progress Through American History
Before there were late night shows, there were political cartoons jabbing at US politics.
On Campus, News
Former U.S. Attorney General Addresses Students in Small-Group Discussion
Holder discussed some of the toughest decisions he had to make during his time as attorney general.
Opinions, Column
Why We Must Elect Hillary
“I implore voters to not forget how gravely important it is that Hillary Clinton assumes the presidency, and not Donald Trump.”
Opinions, Column
A Dumbed-Down Democracy
“If a voter won’t show up to the polls and a citizen can’t pass a ninth-grade civics test, why would either care what Congress is up to?”
Opinions, Column
We Need to Talk About Politics
“How can we solve all of the problems that our country faces today if we are too afraid to talk about them?”
Column, Opinions
Learning Unity in the United States
“To me, patriotism is endearing because what people are expressing pride in is something intangible, an idea that makes them American.”
Opinions, Column
Conservative or Liberal? You Can’t be Both
“That this coupling could exist harmoniously in theory is unlikely and in practice impossible. Indeed, the dissonance and mismatch of these incongruent ideals are jarring and cacophonous.”
