The Green Lantern is a superhero who notoriously wields Power Rings that allow him to create practically anything he wants. Americans have long held a “Green Lantern” view of the presidency, expecting...
On January 30th, around 9pm, an American Airlines plane (flight 5342) collided mid-air into an incoming Sikorsky Black Hawk army helicopter before its scheduled arrival at the Ronald Reagan airport, located...
The largest elective class in Vanderbilt’s history, PSCI-1150: U.S. Elections captivated over 1,000 students this fall. Under the leadership of some of Vanderbilt’s finest professors—Josh Clinton,...
Most political candidates today will decry certain forms of media. For Republicans, sites such as CNN and MSNBC are widely considered to be liberal media, whereas the opposite moniker applies to Fox News...
In recent decades, the changing of the guard at the White House, either from Democrat to Republican or vice-versa, has seldom meant any real, substantive changes for America, despite all the hope and talk...
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell just as sweet.” Here, Shakespeare suggests that names are arbitrary. History tells a different story. Renaming places...
Don Shores, 70, and his wife Cathy, 65, hold to each other, their eyes stinging with embers and, lacking the strength to run, burn to death in their Paradise, California home. It was 2018, and the longest...
As ballots started to be counted on Election Day, millions of Americans were glued to their seats waiting anxiously to see who would be the 47th President of the United States. According to polls, the...
It’s morning again in America.
That’s the sentiment shared by me and Republicans on campus, as well as across the country, following the Republican Party’s and Donald Trump’s decisive victory...
This year’s election results saw overwhelming changes in demographic voting trends. Trump made gains across racial demographics, driven mainly by Black and Latino men. Though Trump’s dominance over...
From inside our classrooms to the average post on X, American society constantly highlights our differences. Political polarization has become a buzz-word in our daily lives, encapsulating the growing...
In 2000, when Bill Clinton left office after being impeached and serving two terms in office, his approval rating as measured by Gallup was 66%—a higher exit poll than any other president since Truman....
