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What’s Left: Trump’s Erratic Behavior Is More Concerning Than Biden’s Age

Molly O'Brien, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

In today’s political realm, a politician’s age has materialized into a significant issue for many voters, and rightly so. A candidate’s age greatly shapes public perception of them and can often...

Being Right: Biden’s Age Isn’t the Only Factor Rendering Him Unfit for Presidency

Michael Hanratty, Staff Writer March 1, 2024

“A sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.” That’s how Special Counsel Robert K. Hur recently described President Joe Biden in a Department of Justice report recounting the president’s...

What’s Left: You Should Be Scared of Mike Johnson

Ciara Sanders, Staff Writer November 17, 2023

After weeks of debate, three potential candidates and one ballot measure, Mike Johnson was finally elected as the Speaker of the House. Johnson, who is now second in line for the presidency, was voted...

Being Right: Mike Johnson’s Math Problem

Michael Hanratty, Staff Writer November 17, 2023

Eight House Republicans scored one of the greatest political own goals of our time on Oct. 3. Alongside every House Democrat, they booted Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker’s chair, plunging the chamber...

What’s Left: Did the Infamous Elephant Memory Forget the Debt-Ceiling Fiasco of 2011?

LJ Coady, Staff Writer March 10, 2023

For a party that claims to care about maintaining a strong American economy, Republicans are certainly playing it fast and loose with the debt ceiling. As reported by CNN, the U.S. hit the debt ceiling...

Being Right: Stop the Spending!

Michael Hanratty, Staff Writer March 10, 2023

Every few years, Washington panics as our nation inches closer and closer to the “debt ceiling” — the statutory limit on how much the Department of the Treasury can borrow before it is forced to...

McCarthy Can’t Shush the GOP’s Real Problem

McCarthy Can’t Shush the GOP’s Real Problem

LJ Coady, Staff Writer February 24, 2023

On Feb. 7, 2023, President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union Address to Congress and the American public. In the address, he emphasized his economic prowess, as well as his victory in guiding...

State of the Union Sets the 2024 Stage

State of the Union Sets the 2024 Stage

Michael Hanratty, Contributing Writer February 24, 2023

The 2024 election is more than 18 months away, but the campaigns are already underway. President Biden previewed the message he’ll run on in his all-but-certain reelection campaign during his State of...

Being Right: Trump Shows Us His True Colors… Again

Michael Hanratty, Staff Writer December 9, 2022

The guardrails are off at Mar-a-Lago. Less than a month after announcing his third run for the presidency, Donald Trump hosted one of the more ill-fated meals in recent memory. Axios was the first to report...

What’s Left: Kanye, Elon Musk and the Cost of Free Speech

LJ Coady, Staff Writer December 9, 2022

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution establishes the right to speech free of government interference. It is a right we love, a right we mock and a right we abuse every day. The...

What’s Left: The Midterms Show the GOP’s Extremist Gamble Did Not Pay Off

Ilyas Talwar, Contributing Writer November 18, 2022

Heading into last week's midterm elections, historical trends and polling would have indicated three things. First, Democrats would lose the House of Representatives, and not just lose it by a small margin...

Being Right: The GOP’s Identity Crisis After Midterm Mediocrity

Patrick Taylor, Staff Writer November 18, 2022

We all saw what happened last Tuesday. In nearly every state, the Republican Party vastly underperformed expectations (mine included) in the midterm elections. The Associated Press, along with most other...

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