By Connor Hart America has lost the ability to mourn. In the wake of the tragedy in Las Vegas on October 1st, there has been an outpouring…… Read more “Why Gun Control is Not the Solution to Mass Shootings”

By Bryce Daniels During his campaign, President Trump promised to end DACA, an executive order signed by President Barack Obama in June of 2012. DACA, or Deferred…… Read more “The Fate of DACA Residents”

By Bryce Daniels On April 10, Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo announced the incoming arrival of a legislative bill entitled the Excelsior Scholarship. The bill is…… Read more “Cuo-No”

By James Paron Usually, political debate with my peers ends in impasse, but I still do it, because an unquestioned viewpoint is never valid. As someone whose…… Read more “The Liberal Case for Capitalism”

The state of nationalized healthcare has been subject to debate within the United States most notably in the past decade. In the beginning, ideas that were flung…… Read more “Obamacare 2.0: TrumpCare”

There are many important issues on which conservatives and liberals disagree – issues like the best way to approach healthcare and the free market, for instance. However,…… Read more “How to Approach Political Discourse: 5 Steps”

One of the most central bipartisan agreements is that words have meanings that are inextricably associated with ideas and movements. It is important to understand this concept…… Read more “Femi-Not-Quite: When Modern Feminism Fails to Champion True Equality”

Below the 49th Parallel, the doctrine of “America First” has been made clear. It is a heavy statement. It means more than just prioritizing domestic products; it…… Read more “Trudeau’s Canada: A Bleak Economic Horizon”

January 20, 2017 marked the day Republican President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office. While it’s true that many never fully envisioned this day coming, as…… Read more “Why the Leftward Shift of the Democratic Party is Concerning”

On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for a period of 90 days. Now, it’s…… Read more “The Good – but Mostly Bad – of Trump’s Immigration Order”

After last November’s elections, many on Penn’s campus had a pervasive feeling of shock and disbelief. Students simply couldn’t stomach the fact that Trump would soon be…… Read more “Branching Out of the Penn Bubble: Understanding Flyover America”

“True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from…… Read more “How to Tell if That Clump of Cells is Alive”