BY ALEX MADAJIAN STAFF WRITER There is only one worthy role of government: to protect our rights. As George Mason wrote in the opening to the Virginia Declaration of Rights: “rights do pertain to [the citizens] and their posterity, as…
BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER In some manner, we’ve all been a bystander. Whether we are driving past a car crash or walking past a homeless person in need of cash, the acts of the typical bystander vary far and…
BY ARJIT ROSHAN STAFF WRITER The climate initiatives in Biden’s American Jobs Plan are certainly very big, but we shouldn’t be fooled into thinking they’re very bold. Yes, there’s plenty of fine stuff. The electric vehicles market seemed to be…
BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER On a bright Thursday morning, I walked into CVS Pharmacy ready to get my first dose of the Moderna vaccine. It was a day that I had been anticipating ever since the vaccine efficacy numbers…
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…