If you’re a Black Lives Matter supporter, I urge you to consider whether or not Hillary Clinton can be a principled champion for the cause. In late February, Clinton hosted a private fundraiser in Charleston, South Carolina, where it cost $500 minimum to attend. An African-American activist named Ashley Williams paid to hear what Hillary Clinton had to say about criminal...
Recently, new University Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter made a tremendous step forward in attempting to contextualize the University Greys Monument. I applaud his move and I agree with what the plaque is currently slated to read. However, there are other people on this campus, namely the NAACP, who believe that this language is not “enough.” Though I may disagree with some...
Attacks like the one in Brussels Tuesday morning make us angry, and we should be angry. There is indignation that follows mass murder at the hands of terrorists. There is understandable loathing for those who condemn bystanders to a needless, horrific death. When the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant claimed the Brussels attacks, there was little surprise. Reactions...
When I heard the news of death and terror in Brussels, I found my dainty green necklace with a hammered bronze pendant reading: “peace.” I don’t pray, but that is my karmic contribution; a hopeless scream into the abyss saying, “We’re better than this; we are more than destruction and mutually assured annihilation.” Today, ISIS is praising Allah for a victory...
“Go to college,” they said. “Follow your dreams,” they said. But “they” failed to mention that I would be selling my soul to The System. They never told me that I would be so poor that I considered mixing hot dogs and Ramen noodles, imagining it as dinner at Benihana just to get by. They never told me that once I partied my GPA away freshman year, recuperating...
I’m a staunch pacifist, but I love war memorials. There’s something about giant granite or marble slabs honoring the heroic dead that produces stillness in my heart. Over spring break, I had the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C. for a day. It’s impossible to cram much of the historic city into the few hours that we had, but we walked through the National Mall...
First, I don’t think a religious variety of creationism should be allowed. Creationists: hear me out. Evolutionists: don’t sound the victory trumpets yet. Now, Holly is most certainly mistaken in qualifying “creationism and evolution can coexist peacefully” with the clause, “in a personal worldview.” There are simply too many world-class philosophers, atheists...
Everyone needs to leave Kim Kardashian West’s boobs alone. This week, Kim released two nude selfies. Bette Midler and Chloë Grace Moretz have been among those criticizing Kim for showing her body off yet again. Midler mocked her by tweeting, “If Kim wants us to see a part of her we’ve never seen, she’s gonna have to swallow the camera.” Moretz tweeted,...
Every Republican has a choice to make. Will we, as a party, nominate someone who has virtually no chance of defeating Hillary Clinton this fall and who has absolutely no record of conservatism or experience? Or will we nominate a proven conservative, who can inspire and expand our party in ways never done before? The first option is Donald Trump, the second it Marco Rubio. In...
