Courtesy | Unsplash Assistant Professor of History Miles Smith’s recent Opinions article (“Reject brazen interventionism,” Jan. 22) helpfully warns against the perils of toppling foreign governments. However, the article fails to address the most important justification for the Venezuela operation: self-defense. President Donald Trump’s decision to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is entirely consistent with...
“No Trump! No KKK! No racist U.S.A.!,” shouts the mob of students as they protest a speech by former White House adviser Steve Bannon. Blocked from storming into the lecture hall by a solid wall of police, the protesters’ chants soon become decidedly more pointed. “Who protects the racists? Police protect the racists!” they scream....
An ocean away, amidst the peace and beauty of the French countryside, a memorial stands adorned with the statue of an American soldier. Harriet Beale commissioned this memorial as a tribute to her son, First Lieutenant Walker Beale, who was killed in action on 18 Sept. 1918, at 22-years-old. A simple, mournful inscription is written...
The GOP House leadership released its new tax plan last Thursday. Following the Obamacare repeal fiascos of the spring and summer, this bill, known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” marks the latest attempt by Republican lawmakers to prove they are capable of governing effectively in the wake of President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The...