Previously, I wrote an article analyzing what I felt the Democrats needed to master in order to have a chance at taking the White House in 2020. Now I’m shifting to the Republican side. How does it look...
I grew up in a family in which each day I was reminded of the “American Dream” and heard stories of the “grit" and the “drive” and “sacrifice” my parents had to have and give in order to...
The presidential primary election cycle is an entirely different animal every four years, but we can count on one aspect to stay the same. A mélange of intrepid senators, governors and other elected officials,...
Opinions are usually heavily researched, either subjectively through periods of intense mental argumentation, or objectively through factual analysis and synthesis. The strongest opinions overlay the rhetorical...
On Saturday, Rep. Steve King, a Republican congressman from Iowa, shared a meme on Facebook that suggested that the south would win a renewed civil war against the north, given that “one side has about...
In the fall of 2020, President Trump will seek re-election. Between now and then, the Democrats take on the heavy task of finding the right candidate to defeat him. If Trump wins, the Democrats will face...
I have said before, quoting Joseph Brodsky, that poetry is first and foremost a sentimental education. It shows us things outside our superficial or even analytical purview, elucidating subtle gestures...
From within the confines of human perception, the pursuit of truth is an impossible endeavor. Our pathological beliefs about the world and ourselves inhibit objectivity and obscure reality. If nobody can...
If you asked me what I thought about learning a foreign language before my college career began, I would have replied with some sort of galling speech about the tiresome workload, impossibilities of truly...
In 2016, I had to wake up for a 7 a.m flight to Orlando, Fla. I had barely slept two hours the night before. My mom shuffled into my room, nudged my shoulder and proceeded to drop The New York Times on...
The problem with Wake Forest social life is not that it is too Greek, but that it is not non-Greek enough. That is, there are not strong enough alternatives to the predominantly Greek way of life at Wake...
A democracy that cannot change its mind is not a democracy. At the moment, the citizens of Great Britain — which consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — are reckoning with this...
