Contemplating Media & the First Amendment
Last Wednesday, two students at the University of Connecticut were arrested on charges of shouting racist slurs in a parking lot across a university dorm on their way home. FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, are saying these arrests are unconstitutional under the First Amendment. “However offensive the use of a racial epithet,... Continue Reading →
We all know Trump pulled our troops out of Syria and we know that it was arguably the stupidest and most random thing he could've done. Maybe not so random, though, since President Trump decided to do it on Putin's birthday - basically as a birthday gift for him since Russia stepped in to take... Continue Reading →
I don't remember a time growing up where my dad didn't have the local news running on at least one of the TVs in the house. But something I noticed but didn't really actively pay attention to was the fact that it ran all day. I knew there were a lot of people in the... Continue Reading →
The First Amendment gives Americans the right to practice whatever religion they so choose. And not only that, but also cannot prohibit the free exercise of religion. So tell me why Beto O'Rourke, Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential election, said yes when he was asked if he would revoke the tax-exempt status of religious... Continue Reading →
Trump? Not looking too hot lately, y'all. In the midst of his impeachment, there is much to be said about President Trump, and not much of it is good. Since he wanted to let a foreign government investigate a U.S. person and candidate to better his own re-election campaign, officials in the White House are... Continue Reading →
When we use the Private Window option on our phones, it says, “Safari won’t remember the pages you visited, your search history, or your AutoFill information after you close a tab in Private Browsing Mode.” There is good and bad that comes from this. I’m sure we’ve all used Private Mode at least once when... Continue Reading →
Lat week in Tennessee, Nicholas Ennis was driving his car when the Sheriff’s Department deputies cited him for having an obscene car sticker on the window of his truck. It has the letters “U” and “C” with a rifle on both ends followed by “Gun Control.” Anyone with a vocabulary that is above a sixth-grade... Continue Reading →
We live in a society where sex is thought about, but not much talked about. Kids grow up thinking that sex is something wrong or something that they shouldn’t be interested in. Curiosity killed the cat, right? But in reality, thinking about or wanting sex is a biological drive that we are all born with.... Continue Reading →
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