When was the last time you heard a politician make a joke? No, seriously, when was the last time you heard a politician say something that made you laugh? I am not talking about those times the current president says something so outrageous, or heinous that we laugh to mask…
Sam Kwait-Spitzer
A seemingly hot take here on campus, and one that raises more eyebrows than one might expect, is the statement, “I love baseball.” A common and hurtful response to my profession of adoration for the sport is a question to the effect of, “Why do you like baseball, it’s so…
A seemingly hot take here on campus, and one that raises more eyebrows than one might expect, is the statement, “I love baseball.” A common and hurtful response to my profession of adoration for the sport is a question to the effect of, “Why do you like baseball, it’s so…
As a Democrat, I felt that Tuesday’s midterms were a mixed bag. Democrats took control of the house, and Republicans kept control of the Senate, a result that was widely expected and a bit boring. Of course, a postmortem was and still is needed on the 2016 election. It was…
Last week I wrote an article lampooning the President. For those of you that know me, this is something I do often—lampoon the President. So it might be surprising this week that I, albeit begrudgingly, am writing in defense of the President. This past week the New York Times broke…
William Cobbett was an English member of Parliament, active mainly in the first half of the 19th century. Though a career politician, Cobbett was famous for his sharp literary tongue and his fervent work reforming the inequality-plagued English cod. Most important in this day in age, Cobbett is commonly credited…
Most of us go through our lives without thinking much about the letter “T.” There are not many people, I assume, who have particularly strong feelings about the letter. Before writing this article I did quite a bit of research, too much perhaps, on the letters of the alphabet. I…
Thanks to everyone who read and wrote for the Viewpoint section this term. I was heartened by the diversity of opinions expressed. An array of perspectives and opinions is essential to a productive discourse. Even if you read just a single article this term, or glanced at a single pull…
It was Hubert Humphrey, who served as Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson and as a senator for Minnesota, who said that “the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life,…
It seems to be in vogue for GOP lawmakers to claim that if North Korea were to denuclearize, President Trump would deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. Lindsey Graham justifies his claim with the rationale that “Donald Trump convinced North Korea and China he was serious about bringing about change.” And…