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What’s Left: Election Day: Moving Forward Rather Than Apart

Eli Cousin, Maroon-News Staff November 9, 2017

Defending Our ValuesThe leaders of our nation owe us a better deal. As citizens of this great nation, we must not accept the level of divisiveness and bigotry that we have come to see at the forefront...

Being Right: On Jeff Flake: Is Retirement the Right Move to Make?

Paul Smyth, Maroon-News Staff November 2, 2017

Helping or Hurting His Cause?Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake announced last Tuesday that he would not be seeking re-election in 2018. An emotional Flake cited his inability to support a President...

What’s Left: On Jeff Flake: Is Retirement the Right Move to Make?

Glynnis Harvey, Maroon-News Staff November 2, 2017

The Shadow of IncumbencyThe Republican party’s identity crisis faced another episode of uncertainty in the wake of Arizon Senator Jeff Flake’s decision not to run for re-election. With Donald Trump...

Letter to the Editors re: “Being Right: Politics, Popular Culture and Patriotism”

Eli Horwatt, Visiting Assistant Professor of Film & Media Studies November 2, 2017

While I am reluctant to weigh in on the editorial perspectives of Colgate students as a Colgate faculty member, I find myself in a position of feeling unable to restrain myself from the deep misapprehension...

The Politics of the 2018 Federal Budget Plan: Being Right

Connor Madalo, Maroon-News Staff October 26, 2017

Robin Hood Democrats and Political Demogoguery On October 19, Republicans narrowly passed a 2018 federal budget in the Senate 51-49. The budget ultimately aims at cutting taxes and has nearly unanimous...

The Politics of the 2018 Federal Budget Plan: What’s Left

J.J. Citron, Maroon-News Staff October 26, 2017

The True Beneficiaries of This BudgetDespite the fact that Republicans control the House of Representatives, Senate and Executive Branch, the party has yet to achieve legislative victory in the first...

Being Right: Politics, Popular Culture and Patriotism

Ryan Zoellner, Maroon-News Staff October 19, 2017

On the Politicization of EverythingIt is 2017, and it seems that politics has weaseled its way into everything. As more and more formerly apolitical outlets, institutions and individuals have become more...

Being Right: Trump’s Unconventionial Address to the UN

Svetlin Sabev October 5, 2017

Make the UN Responsible AgainFor someone who has never served in the military, the ideology behind Donald Trump’s first speech at the United Nations (UN) seems to share many parallels with the lessons...

Being Right: First Amendment – On Freedom of Hate Speech

Connor Madalo, Class of 2020 September 28, 2017

University Orthodoxy is Destroying LiberalismThe First Amendment protects all types of speech, including speech that is hateful or offensive. This protection has been repeatedly upheld by the U.S. Supreme...

What’s Left: First Amendment – On Freedom of Hate Speech

Glynnis Harvey, Class of 2020 September 28, 2017

Hate Has No HomeThose who advocate for the canceling of alt-right, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, islamophobic, transphobic and other types of hateful lectures on college campuses are true champions of...

Being Right: Debating DACA – Balancing Morality and Legality

Ryan Zoellner, Maroon-News Staff September 21, 2017

On June 15, 2012, Barack Obama gave a speech announcing the implementation of an executive order titled “The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” otherwise known as DACA. The program was designed...

What’s Left: Debating DACA – Balancing Morality and Legality

James Goldin, Maroon-News Staff September 21, 2017

The most recent shouting match in American politics has been the debate over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This Obama-era policy allows certain immigrants to obtain work permits for...

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