Politics
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5.5KA Literary Scholar Reviews Video Games: “Wolfenstein: The New Order”
Traditionally, scholars have turned a critical eye to literature, analyzing its value and role in society at large. Works throughout the ages...
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3.3KThe Founding Fathers Wouldn’t Recognize This Election
We listen to the talk, and the rhetoric coming out of the mouths of this year’s set of politicians. Here’s the truth,...
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3.9KWhat My Parents Taught Me
I grew up in a military household. Both of my parents were in the Army and I still consider myself a proud...
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4.2KGet Turkish Nationalism Out of Germany
The Turkish government summoned the German ambassador today complaining that the German government's refusal to allow Erdogan to give a speech via...
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3.4KThe United States should hold a Constitutional Convention in 2026 in Philadelphia.
If the 2016 Election has signaled anything to me, it’s that our political systems are in the process of breaking apart. The...
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3.4KWait… Trump is in the Lead?
According to multiple news sources today Trump’s poll numbers have bounced up just after the end of the Republican National Convention. According...
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4.7KBranding the Republican Party
Today is the last day of the Republican Convention. This convention has not been like any other political convention I am aware...
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3.7KLooking at Gun Control Historically
Gun control is a topic that is difficult for me to talk about. I have been personally affected by mass shootings and...
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6.8KImproving the lives of the street children of Ecuador: a former volunteer’s profile of the UBECI Foundation
For the past month, I have been in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, on a volunteer trip. My reasons for going initially...
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5.4KThe UK Votes to Leave the European Union!
The results are in! The “Brexit” referendum closed its polling stations at 22:00 last night, and Britain will be leaving the EU....