BY SEAN CULLEY CONTRIBUTOR It seems like some people want to downplay Israeli success at all costs. Such is the case with Israel’s outstanding COVID-19 vaccination rollout. More than 60 percent of its population has received at least one dose…
BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR Today is Easter, the day that Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ. The orthodox Christian understanding of Christ, since at least the Council of Chalcedon in A.D. 451, is that He is totally God and…
BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER We are always hungry for more. Inflatable tube men lure our eyes to cars we can’t afford while radio jingles burn into our brains product deals we don’t need. American life is constantly being calibrated…
BY ARJIT ROSHAN STAFF WRITER A couple of weeks back I was having a (delicious) dinner at my girlfriend’s house, and while talking to her dad about my previous column on the minimum wage, the national debt came up. While…
BY RICHARD HRONIK STAFF WRITER Picture this. You sign up for a media production class expecting to be able to use high-tech equipment for your projects. A few weeks in, you find out that unless you spend thousands of dollars…
BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER War scars people. Ever since the American Civil War, the “Soldier’s Heart” has been an issue that instigated studies on the long-term effects of trauma. We’ve seen discussions of trauma in veterans more in recent…
BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR On Friday, March 19, President Washington announced in an all-campus email that Mason would be having a more normal commencement in accordance with Virginia loosening COVID-19 restrictions for school graduation ceremonies. Jim Ryan, president of…
BY ARJIT ROSHAN STAFF WRITER A couple of weeks back, my friend and classmate Alex Madajian wrote a column discussing what he sees as our fruitless efforts to regulate and tax the wealthy. According to Alex, all of our efforts…
BY ELI KOHN STAFF WRITER It’s nice, isn’t it? You have a class that starts at 10 a.m. You wake up at 9:50, turn on your computer, and load Zoom as you start making breakfast. You barely have to pay…
BY ALEX MADAJIAN STAFF WRITER Most people just don’t know how to read a book. Yes, most Americans are able to read words set before them, and according to a 2019 survey most had read a book in the past…