Democratic candidates fight for young voters as the campaign winds down Bernie Sanders, the former political activist and “armchair psychologist,” is in his armchair no longer. He has transformed his political activism into a career, and he is now running for president. Richard Sugarman, a former roommate of Sanders, was accustomed to his arguing of legislative dreams late into the […]
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“If (X candidate) becomes president, I’m moving to Canada.” For many years now, people have carelessly tossed around this empty ultimatum. Usually, this claim has little to no weight, as they are back saying the same thing four years later. However, with the glorified circus we have dubbed the 2016 presidential election drawing closer and closer to its November conclusion, […]
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If you had told me in November that there would be a contested convention in the Republican nomination, I would have laughed at you. Now it truly seems like this will be a reality July 18 in Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. A contested convention is when none of the candidates reach 1,237 delegates — the majority needed at […]
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Religious disaffiliation opens the door for the church to minister to young adults Most people are not surprised to hear that fewer young Americans identify as religious or attend regular services than members of any other living generation. It seems that millennials would rather skip youth group and Sunday service and opt to drop the religious practices of their parents. […]
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Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz embrace new strategy to stop Donald Trump As everyone knows, 2016 is an election year. Along with that fact comes the knowledge that we, the American public, are about to endure a barrage of political advertisements berating the various candidates on both sides of the aisle. It is a well-known truth that campaign season […]
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A continuing series Part 3 When the Republican Party held its first debate back in September, there were 15 candidates for the voters to choose from. However, the unequal influence wielded by early state primaries has caused that field to be narrowed to just four candidates based on the decisions made by voters in just three states. The current schedule […]
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The U.S. Secret Service called her “Rainbow.” We as a nation called her first lady. And for 52 beautiful years, until his death in 2004, President Ronald Reagan called her his wife. But on March 6, 2016, former first lady Nancy Reagan died of congestive heart failure at the age of 94. The news evoked responses from most well-known political […]
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The March 15 primaries might make the GOP’s field of candidates even smaller If the craziness of the first day of the NCAA tournament had any comparison, it would be Super Tuesday. Eleven states voted Tuesday, March 1, including Virginia, and a total 1,460 delegates were up for grabs. This is every political junkie’s favorite night. Virginia was one of […]
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Agencies and tech companies must work together to provide digital security Edward Snowden is calling the San Bernadino Apple vs. FBI case “the most important tech case in a decade,” and after both sides spent nearly six hours testifying before Congress Monday, Feb. 29, the public should note that the outcome of this case could potentially set a precedent for […]
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Senate Republicans promise to oppose Obama’s Supreme Court nomination “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” -Mark Twain In regard to recently deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away Feb. 13, Mark Twain might have had a point; however, the Senate is in […]
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Chris Rock is a man of many talents. He’s an actor, comedian, producer and director, to name a few of his credentials. But last night, he added host to the list. In the 88th installment of the Academy Awards, Rock was granted the opportunity to host the awards show dedicated to honoring the year’s best movies, actors and directors and […]
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College students often slip into the sin of putting their grades above God Every American student faces the reality that sacrifices must be made in order to maintain a good, or even passing, grade in college. For many Christian students, the first sacrifices to be made are usually regular church attendance, alone time with God or time spent at Bible […]
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How the primary schedule affects candidates and their chances at the nomination. Everyone who has ever played a board game or a sport of some kind knows how important the rules of the game are. Without a clear understanding of them, the game cannot function properly. I remember playing wiffle ball games in my backyard with friends after school where […]
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Virginia House of Delegates provides model for other states in fighting abortion HB 1090 sounds like it could be a mutated strain of swine flu or perhaps a new Microsoft operating system. Maybe it is Mazda’s most recent model. The obscure, numerical title that reveals no hint of meaning is not a virus — nor is it a computer program […]
Read moreEvangelicals are a diverse group. How else can one explain the contradicting primary results between Iowa and South Carolina among the same faction of people? In the 2016 primaries, the evangelical electorate is a major target audience for Republican presidential contenders. Presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz owes his success in the Iowa primary almost completely to evangelicals. The Wall Street […]
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