BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR He was talented, and he knew it. He dropped out of college to follow his dreams. He failed for years before finally breaking through. He captivated a massive audience and redefined his medium. He abused…
BY ALEX MADAJIAN STAFF WRITER I often see great animosity towards the wealthy from my peers. Although I don’t share their resentment, I am frequently confused that their solution for fighting against the wealthy elites is to expand the government’s…
BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR Congress has been in decline for decades. It has conceded much of its power, often willingly and gleefully, and the courts and the administrative state have filled the void. The gradual slide into constitutional irrelevance…
BY ARJIT ROSHAN STAFF WRITER Last week, I discussed how Biden and the Democrats should try to start this Congress with a bipartisan consensus bill for COVID-19 relief and save the more divisive progressive spending measures — namely an…
BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER Shakespeare loved sex jokes. The first scene of “Romeo and Juliet” is basically two horny men, Sampson and Gregory, talking about sex. In ninth grade, my teacher had us read the entirety of “Romeo and…
BY SEN. TIM KAINE CONTRIBUTOR After the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, many were rightfully worried about our ability to have a peaceful transfer of power and get to work on accomplishing critical legislative priorities. But in the weeks…
BY ALEX MADAJIAN STAFF WRITER What does it mean to be a patriot? Here at George Mason, we refer to ourselves as patriots, and even the school historians aren’t sure why. Sadly, I see many people’s feelings of patriotism for…
BY ARJIT ROSHAN STAFF WRITER It’s time to build back better. Afforded unified government for the first time since 2009, Democrats must do what they couldn’t during the Obama years: Secure what Senator Elizabeth Warren dubbed “big structural change.” This…
BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER Kids movies don’t have to achieve much. All they need to do is have pretty colors, a clichéd plotline and some slapstick jokes to capture a kid’s attention for an hour or two. On the…
BY ARJIT ROSHAN CONTRIBUTOR “Impotence” is the word that best captures the scene at the Capitol on January 6. Capitol Police fumbled and failed to stop insurgents from raiding the seat of the world’s oldest democracy. The legislators inside —…