Category: Opinions

Every morning for the past decade, I have put on the same earrings and necklace. They’re nothing flashy or overly eye-catching, but they do have one important feature: The Star of David. For all the years I have followed this routine, it was only recently that I began to think about it. It was only...

This past Monday, our nation observed the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A man whose “I had a dream” speech reflected the principles of the Founders in identifying the inalienable rights of all human beings. King preached peaceful protest, hard work, and strong individual character as a means to social success....

Remember the final week of the fall semester, when you stayed up all night writing your last paper, stumbled out of Delp Hall after turning it in the following day, and nearly collapsed into your car to return home in a post-finals daze? Remember thinking, “I will never let things get that bad ever again”?...

“We still live in a country where too many bright, striving Americans are priced out of the education they need,” said President Obama on Tuesday night, in his State of the Union speech. “That’s why I’m sending this Congress a bold new plan to lower the cost of community college — to zero.” The president’s...

On Jan. 6, 2015, the House of Representatives re-elected John Boehner (R-OH) as Speaker. However, 25 of the House’s most conservative Republicans, supported by outside groups like FreedomWorks and other Tea Party organizations, voted against Speaker Boehner in one of the biggest rebellions in the House’s recent history. Those hard-line conservatives, like Louie Gohmert (R-TX)...