Graduating from the Electoral College: IntermissionInterlude: Well, If We Have No Choice How did it come to be that every choice, in every election, is a choice between two or more...
Adapting To Life In Western New YorkMoving to Western New York can be a huge culture shock for many incoming college students—it certainly was for me. I had to move from a...
The Catholic Church is Wrong for Refusing to Bless Same-Sex RelationshipsOn Monday, March 15th, the Vatican announced that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions. This statement was issued in response...
Graduating from the Electoral College Act IITime of day: The Senators are settling in for their lunch How do we prevent the Tyranny of the Majority? So far, we’ve been able to avoid...
NostalgiaIn Greek, nostos means to return home, and algos means pain. These two words have morphed together into what we now call nostalgia, a...
A 10 Second Clip Sold for $6.6 Million. How?I’m sure within the last 2 weeks or so, you’ve come across “NFTs” on the internet. You’ve also probably heard of a ten second clip by...
Graduating from the Electoral College: Act ISetting: Frontier Living in the Back of the Mind Can the U.S. truly claim to spread Democracy, while never being a Democratically...
Graduating from the Electoral CollegePrologue: A Blindingly Bright Future There has been a growing controversy in recent years about the sustained use of the electoral...
Thoughts on Black FridayAs a child, I did not understand the appeal of Black Friday. Who would want to wake up early to go to an absolutely packed store with...
The Show Must Go OnAs the year 2020 comes to an end, it’s obvious to say nothing went as planned. We faced problem after problem all while trying to...
Recycle Now or DieThe earth is quickly deteriorating and America is simply not doing enough to slow it down. America as a country can’t solve this problem...
Vote for EarthIf you’re voting for the environment this year, your candidate of choice should be clear. Over the past four years, we’ve witnessed...
Why you should voteSome people whose political views are liberal and progressive say they will not vote in the 2020 US election. They detest Donald Trump...
What It Means For Black LivesBreonna Taylor, an African American woman, was shot and killed in her own home by police officers. This, along with the killing of George...
Blue Lives Do Not MatterGiven the recent uproar in the Black Lives Matter movement, some people who share a more conservative view have created a comeback to the...
What is the point of All Lives Matter?All Lives Matter is often the glib response you’ll hear from certain individuals when Black Lives Matter is brought up. At this point,...
Black Lives Matter: On Interstate 90My wife and I bought a school bus almost exactly a year ago. It's now since transformed into a twenty-two-foot-long, one-bedroom,...
ACAB: Why We Say ItThe Black Lives Matter movement was sparked in February 2012 by the tragic murder of Travon Martin. Though it was not as popular then as...
All Lives Can’t Matter Unless Black Lives DoAll Lives Matter is the counter-argument against Black Lives Matter, the movement against violence directed towards black lives. The...
What Feminism Means to MeSuzanne Duru, my maternal grandmother, grew up in Paris during the Nazi Occupation. All throughout her childhood she had to endure harsh...