Opinion

At the confirmation hearing for Attorney General-designate Merrick Garland, United States Senator Joe Neely Kennedy asked Garland if implicit bias made him a racist. He went on to misunderstand, either genuinely or purposely, what implicit bias even is. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon issue with the rest of the American …

In the last few weeks, the weather has been less than optimal. In most places, especially right down the Midwest, it has been dangerously cold. Last week it was so dangerously cold that our power grids could not keep up with the amount of energy used to keep homes warm. …

The weather the last few weeks has been dangerously cold. In fact, Meteorologist Doug Heady reported that the temperature the night of Monday, Feb. 15 were the coldest we have seen in a decade, with Pittsburg reported to be at -11 degrees Fahrenheit.   Between the many layers of ice, the below …

Many people bemoan the fact that children aren’t being taught cursive or how to balance a check book in schools (news flash: those things are becoming obsolete), but the one thing that we never hear about in the ranking of school subjects: government education.  In most social studies curricula throughout the …

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel said, “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.” This is the position you take when you say, “Oh, …

Following the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) logged onto Instagram and told her truth-a truth that she had not told many people about before that moment. AOC disclosed that she is a sexual assault survivor.   Survivors of sexual assault experience Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). PTSD can present itself in many different …

With Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan featuring an increase to the minimum wage, it has become increasingly in vogue to discuss. However, a large portion of the discussion centers on why it’s bad or why we can’t do it. This is all just to shut down the conversation entirely.  We’ll …