Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Baseball might be America’s favorite pastime, but golf seems to hold that spot in the hearts of American presidents, both past and present. For example, rewind 64 years to the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. According to politifact.com, the 34th president played nearly 800 rounds of golf […]
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Trump’s Wiretapping Claims Show he is Unfit to Lead
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr It’s been more than two months since the inauguration and President Donald Trump has most definitely created a name for himself by dominating headlines around the globe. His most recent claim to fame involves the wiretapping allegations against former President Barack Obama and his […]
DACA Affiliates Worry as Trump Signs Executive Orders
Photo courtesy of VOA, Wikipedia As a 5-year-old, I traveled to the U.S. hoping to see my father, whom I had not seen in two years. The trek from South Korea to America was an experience that I could and would never forget. Longing to embrace him, I walked out […]
Presidential Candidates React to Attack on Brussels
Photo by Rebecca King A terrorist attack at a Belgian airport on Wednesday left at least 30 people dead and over 200 people wounded. The attack involved three explosions that took place at Brussels Airport, gaining worldwide attention, as different countries stood in solidarity with the victims of the attacks. […]
Delaying Scalia Replacement Selection is Unrealistic
Photo Courtesy of Steve Petteway Supreme Court of the United States, Wikipedia After the recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the common sense decision should be to have the Obama administration deal with the process of naming Scalia’s replacement. Although it is an election year and the recent death left […]
Antonin Scalia’s Death Changes SCOTUS Dynamic
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday in a West Texas resort. Scalia has reportedly died of natural causes. He was 79. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Scalia’s death a hit to conservatism and insisted that his replacement be selected under a new […]
Student: Bergdahl Highlights President’s Incompetent Foreign Policy
Photo courtesy of Christopher Dilts, Flickr Creative Commons Last week, the United States Army charged Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was traded in a prisoner swap for five high-level Taliban commanders last year, with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The entire situation has turned out to be another black eye for […]
Lack of Debate over Ted Cruz’s Citizenship Highlights Racial Disparity
Photo courtesy of United States Senate, Wikipedia On Monday, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) became the first major candidate to officially announce that he will be running for president in the 2016 election. During his speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., he outlined his core values of liberty and Christianity, as […]
Student: ‘Obama is More Likely to Appease the Evil in the World’
Photo Courtesy of Tyler Driscoll, Flickr Creative Commons Former mayor of New York City Rudy Guiliani sparked a debate amongst politicians and all Americans with a comment he made about President Obama at a private event. Guiliani’s remarks, made at a New York fund-raising event for Gov. Scott Walker of […]
Student Journalists React to ISIS Beheadings
Courtesy of Will White, Wikimedia Commons In the wake of the recent killings of two American journalists by the Islamic terrorist group, ISIS, many student journalists at Ramapo feel undeterred from their prospective careers in news. President Barack Obama, in a televised speech on Sept. 10, assured Americans that the […]