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Turkey’s March Towards Erdogan’s Authoritarianism
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Turkey’s March Towards Erdogan’s Authoritarianism

While Americans fret about the potential for authoritarianism in the form of President Donald Trump, the Turkish people face a referendum this Saturday with the all-too-real potential to enable and legitimize a truly authoritarian president in their own nation. After an attempted military coup last July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took drastic action to strengthen...

While our presidential candidate bitter, Russia is Putin its foot on the gas
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While our presidential candidate bitter, Russia is Putin its foot on the gas

Amid all the recent drama over the Republican nominee’s burgeoning man-crush on Russian President Vladimir Putin, the actual threat of Russia is being overlooked. Russia occupies 20 percent of the Republic of Georgia, has completely annexed the Crimea peninsula, continues to unofficially support insurgency in Eastern Ukraine, and has propped up the Assad Regime in...

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Don’t hate on the snow

It’s beautiful. It’s fun. And it gets such a dang bad rap around here. It’s snow. Now before you Floridians and Texans and Californians come after me with pitchforks or (perhaps more likely) break down crying, give me a moment. Yes, it’s cold. Yes, it’s going to take over our Hillsdale lives for several months....

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Student Fed wants you to spend its money

The Student Federation serves a fairly small, though not pointless, role on campus. We are allocated a portion of your student fees and given the responsibility to give them back effectively: We exist for this reason — I say this as Treasurer. Compared to other student government bodies, we do hardly anything at all. I...