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Climate Protesters

It can be hard to mix irony and political correctness

September 24, 2019 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Environment, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Acknowledging human’s contributions to climate change is pretty easy to understand, at least for 60% of the American population. But at times, political action in support of addressing climate change can create a situation in which the commitment to environmental change is overshadowed by the irony of the tactics.

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Cultural sensitivity at colleges: Separate but equal again?

August 23, 2019 Claire Shackleford Civil Rights, Education, Uncategorized Leave a comment

College campuses are supposed to be places where students can grow intellectually, while also feeling comfortable enough to share their beliefs and opinions. However,

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Bob Dylan

Time is like a jet plane: Bob Dylan turns 78

May 27, 2019 Christopher Burke Media, People, Uncategorized One comment

Shuffling through my iTunes library recently, I switched to searching Artist by alphabet mode to help me find a song whose name I couldn’t

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If a Democrat wins the presidency in 2020, what happens to their old office?

May 23, 2019 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Democrats, Uncategorized Leave a comment

It’s January of 2021 and in spite of a hard fought challenge from incumbent President Donald Trump, Democrats have managed to win the presidency

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Comey-Mueller

Are Mueller and Comey two sides of the same coin?

December 18, 2018 Arthur Lieber Uncategorized Leave a comment

James Comey has not been bashful of late,especially when testifying before Republican-controlled committees in Congress. Robert Mueller has been quite the opposite. Since being

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Michelle Obama Becoming

Michelle Obama’s Lack of Comfort with Politics Can Teach us all something

December 17, 2018 Arthur Lieber Uncategorized Leave a comment

As much as people may want to say that Barack Obama was an unconventional politician, he was very traditional in his approach, just modern

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Christian Post

The Superstructure Triumphant

December 4, 2018 Adam Levin 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Activism, Community/Common good, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Uncategorized Leave a comment

One of the crucial trends in the 2016 election was the 80-plus percent of white evangelicals who voted for Trump.

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McCaskill

McCaskill Needs to Vote Against Kavanaugh

September 13, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Missouri region, Supreme Court [SCOTUS], Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Missouri Senate race is tied and, in a scene so dramatic that it could be made into a film, we just so happen

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Two very quick questions I’d like the press to ask Sarah Huckabee Sanders

June 25, 2018 Arthur Lieber Media, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Sarah Huckabee Sanders handled herself with such dignity and fine reasoning in the Red Hen incident, but three days later at her press conference,

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Pendulum

Hard to tell where the pendulum of normalcy will swing next

June 25, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Community/Common good, Democracy, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

After Barack Obama was elected, it seemed that America had a new normalcy, one that some described as “post-racial.” For any who took that

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