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Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

OP-ED: Michael Knowles and a Pill Wrapped in Cheese

OP-ED: Michael Knowles and a Pill Wrapped in Cheese

Robert Harvey, Contributor November 29, 2023

Convincing a dog to swallow a pill is difficult. Wrapping that pill in food solves the issue. The dog is deceived but it is satisfied; it thinks it’s just eating some cheese. In very much the same way...

VCR and VCD Go Head-to-Head on Minimum Wage

VCR and VCD Go Head-to-Head on Minimum Wage

Donald Hall, Senior Editor April 5, 2021

Members of the Vanderbilt College Republicans (VCR) and Vanderbilt College Democrats (VCD) took to the virtual last week, participating in a time-honored tradition of both organizations: the annual policy...

Transphobic Sensationalism Sweeps America

Transphobic Sensationalism Sweeps America

Benjamin Newcomb March 17, 2021

A filthy cache of transphobia has revealed itself in discourse surrounding and adjacent to the Equality Act, a bill passed in the House on Feb. 25 to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and...

Matthew T Rader, MatthewTRader.com, License CC-BY-SA

Tea Partyists to Trumpists – The Evolution of the Far Right

Megan Brennan, Contributor February 8, 2021

A conservative movement emerged in 2002 citing a need for lower taxes, a reduction in the national debt, and advocating for decreased government spending. It started as a website, USTeaParty.com, which...

Op-Ed: It's Time for Republicans to Leave Trump Behind

Op-Ed: It’s Time for Republicans to Leave Trump Behind

Donald Hall, Senior Editor January 23, 2021

Donald J. Trump is no longer the President of the United States. The results of the 2020 general election suggest that this will be a relief to roughly half of the country and a disappointment to the other...

[Op-Ed] Trump: A Legacy of Hatred, Dishonesty, and American Conservatism

[Op-Ed] Trump: A Legacy of Hatred, Dishonesty, and American Conservatism

Ian Stripling Jenson, Contributor January 7, 2021

The consummation of four years of incendiary rhetoric and thinly-veiled invocations to violence arrived just after 1:00 p.m. EST on Jan. 6 as a mob of Trump supporters, white nationalists, and QAnon-steeped...

The Anti-democratic Nature of Judicial Review: How Powerful is the Court?

The Anti-democratic Nature of Judicial Review: How Powerful is the Court?

Brandon Wolk, Contributor October 27, 2020

The year is 1800 and Republican representatives have earned a majority of spots in the political branches, but the Federalists still hold positions in the judiciary branch. In response, the newly instated...

OP-ED: Why Constitutional Conservatives Should Support the Impeachment Inquiry

OP-ED: Why Constitutional Conservatives Should Support the Impeachment Inquiry

Jacob Hale October 24, 2019

Ever since Donald Trump won the Republican nomination in 2016, effectively ending the era of Reagan-Bush conservatism, GOP partisans have mastered the art of mental gymnastics to preserve their careers...

Proud Gay Republican

Proud Gay Republican

Noah Butler November 2, 2017

As a proud gay, vegan, environmentalist, I often astound people when I tell them that I am also a Republican. My political dogma is unique considering I draw upon many different ideological camps and synthesize...

Campaign Contributions of Vanderbilt Faculty and Staff in 2016

Campaign Contributions of Vanderbilt Faculty and Staff in 2016

Stephanie Wang October 24, 2017

Perhaps due to its location in the south as well as generalizations as to who has historically gone to the school, Vanderbilt has always had the reputation of being conservative relative to other elite...

How Trump Changed Our Definition of "Establishment Republican"

How Trump Changed Our Definition of “Establishment Republican”

John Konicki September 22, 2017

"For The Right Reason" is a biweekly column offering a libertarian take on current events. Look out for a new installment every other Friday. The term “Establishment Republicans” has typically been...

An egregious violation of state rights

Far Right Calls for a Return to the Articles of Confederation

Naveen Krishnan November 7, 2016

Congressman Smith from Tennessee’s 10th Congressional District has stuck to his campaign promise of “returning America back to the good old days” with the Articles of Confederation, announcing plans...

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