As the gender pay gap continues to be a hot-button topic for many of us who care about discrimination and inequality, it’s important to recognize that the reason that the average working […]
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Small Business and the Corporate Tax Cuts
With President Trump’s new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act relatively hot off the press, many individual and family taxpayers are all eager to see how much they’ll get to keep – both […]
5 Key Takeaways from Zuckerberg Hearing
America recently tuned in to Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing before Congress, a somewhat awkward endeavor that left us with more robot memes about the CEO than actual progress on internet policy. However, there […]
Do “Students for Justice in Palestine” want Justice in Palestine?
Students for Justice in Palestine were back out on Locust Walk this Passover for their annual Israel Apartheid Week. It’s always productive to have a free exchange of ideas, especially when it […]
River Stones and 18-Inch Mini Baseball Bats: The Liberal Solution to School Shootings
I’m not kidding. This past March, the Blue Mountain School District—about 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia—held a press conference to discuss its new policy regarding gun violence prevention at its schools, a […]
No, The “Liberal Bubble” is not Beneficial
“Speech is not violence – it is how we avoid violence.” -Christina Sommers In her op-ed column “When the Liberal Bubble is Justified,” The Daily Pennsylvanian opinion writer Lucy Hu makes a […]
How Successful was the March for our Lives?
On March 24th, the March For Our Lives demonstration was held around the country in support of tighter gun control. Though it is estimated that upwards of 1.2 million people turned out […]
Sen. Cory Booker Misrepresents Christianity in Criticism of Mike Pompeo
This past Friday, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced in a Facebook post that he would not be voting to confirm Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State. In the statement, he echoed the […]
My Last Column for The Statesman
I was a shy and confused freshman back in the spring of 2014 walking around the activity fair in Houston Hall trying to find a club, any club, that even semi-piqued my […]
Temple Football Stadium Construction Devolves into Senseless Protest
While Penn may be the most famous college in the City of Brotherly Love, it could easily be argued that Temple University is the quintessential Philly college. With close to 30,000 undergraduates, […]
Facebook’s Data Leak and Why it Matters
The world’s most popular social network has recently come under fire for a careless approach to handling of user data. Facebook, a platform with over 2 billion active users, is now facing […]
Democrats Are Playing into Putin’s Hands
Democrats’ response, as well as the media’s response, to the surprise indictment on February 16th of thirteen Russian nationals plays directly into Russian president Putin’s hands. They are doing exactly what he […]
