Op-ed: The supposed ‘party of family values’ is overlooking major flaws in its candidate

The race for the White House took a turn for the unusual when reality television star Donald Trump announced in June 2015 his plans to run for the presidency. And in the time since, the Republican Party – which has often dubbed itself the “party of family values” – has dug its own grave, and […]

Op-ed: Social media has hijacked this election

Americans’ desire for entertainment has turned this presidential election into a reality show. Millennials are currently facing the most dramatic election of their lives between two candidates who became the butt of a joke the moment they were chosen as their party’s nominee. Thousands of memes sprung up the moment Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump entered the […]

Banning AP history course threatens U.S. education, first amendment principles

Recently, an Oklahoma legislative committee voted 11-4 to ban the U.S. History Advanced Placement course. Following party lines, lawmakers claimed the course’s syllabus focused too much on “secularist” and “progressivist” issues such as the separation of church and state. What? As political as the study of history may become, this particular course is as apolitical […]