National
A Catch-22
In today’s political climate, when allegiance to party trumps allegiance to oath, the long-term effect of increasing the number of justices to the Supreme Court is foreseeable: a political tit-for-tat will, inevitably, ensue.
Mr. Scaramucci Goes to Washington: An Interview with President Trump’s Former Communications Director
“I got an 11-day PhD in Washington scumbaggery. I have a better idea of how these people operate now, and what they’re really all about, and how they really don’t give a shit about the American people.”
The Duty to Concede
Thus, by refusing a peaceful transition of power and favoring partisan rhetoric over political unity, President Trump not only flouts a cornerstone of American democracy, but also threatens to initiate a period of intense post-election partisanship.
State of Change: Recasting the Electorate in the Peach State
“The super competitive suburbs of Atlanta have been Republican forever until now,” he said. “That is where the battle will be played out.”
Return to Sender: Voter Suppression and Civic Engagement as the Election Nears
As voting deadlines loom, many students who began the process months ago have not yet received their ballots. Some fear they never will.
The Case Against Social Justice Slideshows
The imposition of a singular belief system on a multicultural society such as the U.S. is dangerously antithetical to the American tenet of liberalism. It erases the beauty of our country’s varying customs, traditions, religious beliefs and ideological positions, and ignores our unending effort to create compromise and accommodations along those lines.
Limited Release: COVID-19 Changes the Cinematic Landscape
“The slow-motion car crash of the theaters has become a full-fledged accident scene—a 50-car pileup.”
Fleeting Ecstasy: Amazon and the American Mind
That Americans have more confidence in Amazon than in the education system or Congress is troubling because Amazon is not invested in the well being of Americans so much as it is invested in convincing Americans that we need Amazon for our well being—and more, that we will never stop needing it.