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The hearings where nothing was heard

Generally, when you have a hearing for a position, the members of the panel are the ones doing the hearing….

A student’s thoughts on the first presidential debate

The first presidential debate of the 2020 election will undoubtedly go down as one of the most memorable in history….

How to write more gooder

The tide of midterms has already washed over us, and before long term papers will be due as well. Unless…

Democracy dies behind the paywall: a critique of elite journalism

In Feb. 2017, The Washington Post, a legacy American newspaper with millions of readers, changed its slogan to “democracy dies…

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Can video games be more than mindless time wasters?

The lockdown has not been kind to many forms of recreation. Swimming at the public pool, going out to the…