Holding Your Breath Until You Turn Orange

July 15, 2020 on Current Affairs, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Sean Davis

Holding Your Breath Until You Turn Orange

July 15, 2020 on Current Affairs, Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Sean Davis

Arguments today cite YouTube videos, memes, and tweets, and we’re badly divided. We need to return to healthy debate that doesn’t just engage our emotions.

Think Presidential Debates Are Dull? Thank 1950s TV Game Shows

December 18, 2019 on Featured, Op-eds, Politics by Michael J. Socolow

The only satisfactory debate arrangement everyone agreed to nearly 60 years ago largely remains in place today – the game show format.

You on the Internet, Comment at Me, Bro

September 17, 2019 on Featured, Quirky, Society, Sub-Culture by Andrew Wicks

I have something to admit. I live for the low blows and logically-inept battleground of Internet comment boxes. I know it’s a war where nothing is ever won, but I shoulder arms nonetheless.

The Daily Embers: March For Our Lives, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and College Basketball

March 26, 2018 on Current Affairs, Featured, Residents by TBS News Desk

Happy Monday? Over the weekend there was a massive March For Our Lives, news that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has gotten larger, and basketball games were played.

American Politics and Me: Where Do We Go from Here?

June 21, 2017 on Featured, My take on ..., Politics, Residents by Jacob Meeks

Jacob Meeks examines the division in American politics today and seeks to bridge the divide. He starts with his own personal path to try to find answers.

Eight Tips to Politely Infer Your Lack of Research

April 26, 2017 on Featured, Quirky, Society by Nathaniel Davis

In the modern age, people enter discussions rashly without prior research which breeds misinformation. So, how do you get out of it? Well …

The “Weak” in U.S. Politics: Trump’s List of Haters, Clinton-World Squabbling, and an Excellent Roast

October 24, 2016 on Featured, Op-eds, Politics by Alexandra Tselios

The “Weak” in U.S. Politics: Does it matter if Trump won’t accept a Clinton defeat? And Richard Branson chooses now as the right time to discuss his interactions with the man who seemingly has a revenge list.

Political Framing: The Purpose of the Star-Spangled Banner

October 18, 2016 on Featured, My take on ..., Residents by Zach Cioffi

Zach Cioffi is a bartender who witnesses a lot of sound-bite politics in action. Here’s an exchange he had with a patron regarding the Colin Kaepernick protest of the national anthem.

The “Weak” in U.S. Politics: October 10th 2016

October 10, 2016 on Featured, Politics by Alexandra Tselios

The “Weak” in U.S. Politics: Can Trump’s latest groping scandal impact his campaign? And why is Clinton so quiet over the Wikileaks release? Hint: Supporters don’t care either way. And we finally get the second Trump/Clinton debate.

Clinton’s Narrative Has Arrived, at Long Last

September 28, 2016 on Featured, Politics, Residents by Victoria Rollison

We’ve all been waiting for Hillary Clinton’s narrative to emerge; and after Monday night’s Presidential Debate, we’re finally beginning to see it.