Editorial: With Charlottesville, we must do more than just remember
The white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville is not hard to condemn. Torch-bearing individuals, as seen in VICE’s documentary, paraded through the streets yelling “Jews will not replace us.” Neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan supporters spewed veiled (and not-so veiled) threats of genocide, including David Duke championing “ethnic cleansing.” “White pride” rooted in […]
Red, White and True: In defense of Charlie Baker
“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.” –Molière The moderate Republican is a dying breed. Governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker represents one of the last and most powerful proponents of this ideology. Recently, Baker, an anti-Trump Republican, has […]
Red, White and True: Where have you gone, Paul Ryan?
“You cannot be a hero without being a coward.” –George Bernard Shaw In this election season, no duo has received more criticism than the ‘reasonable’ members of the Republican party, Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan. These two figureheads for a younger conservative movement have been publicly lambasted as “Trump lapdogs,” rolling over in the wake […]
Respecting the Separation of Powers
“To preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which [the Constitution] has established… are the two sheet-anchors of our Union. If driven from either, we shall be in danger of foundering.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1823 Last week, President Donald Trump instituted an executive order restricting […]
