Category: 40.2 Time

Recent years have been packed with news about America’s enemies growing more aggressive. Russia invaded Ukraine. China dialed up tensions with Taiwan. Iran pushed several of its proxies to escalate attacks against Israel. Venezuela declared ownership of territory in Guyana. Serbia clashed with forces in Kosovo. North Korea fired hundreds of shells to intimidate South […]

In an era marked by unprecedented and growing global migration, providing refuge to asylum seekers has become a complex and contentious challenge. As nations grapple with economic, spatial, and political barriers to accommodating and integrating migrants, it is imperative to prioritize ethical considerations when evaluating prevailing policies. The evolving policy of diverting migrants, specifically asylum […]

In the ever-changing political landscape, it seems something new has emerged: the Era of Antics. There was a time in American history when our representatives were meant to be the best of us. Founding Father James Madison expressed his belief in Federalist No. 10 that U.S. representatives’ “wisdom may best discern the true interest of […]

What were you taught from a young age to do when you are on fire? Stop, drop, and roll. That is because fire is the most painful and damaging experience to the human body. Mere seconds of exposure to flames can fry off nerve endings, melt tissue, char bone, and cause irreparable destruction. So why […]

Citizen. Immigrant. Rich. Poor. Veteran. Able-bodied. Democrat. Republican. Our rights, privileges, and immunities are continuously determined by the different labels we’re granted by the institutions that govern us. Labels are guarded by black and white lines, with many set indicators placing each of us in these rigid categories. In our legal system, many of our […]

Last April, I wrote an article titled “It’s Time to Accept That Trump is Irrelevant.” Given the current state of the primaries, it speaks for itself why that spectacularly wrong prediction is so laughable in highsight (for those who disagreed with me all along, this is your time to be smug). While I was clearly […]

Red and blue lights flash in the rearview mirror as you’re driving in St. Louis. Annoying, but not the end of the world, you think as you pull the car to the curb. Maybe you’re over the speed limit, or your expiration sticker expired, or you have an outstanding arrest warrant from a failure to […]

Frustrated exhaustion is an unfortunate mental state to be in while trying to make decisions as a voter. One candidate has promised to “improve” upon his previous four-year disaster by becoming a dictator, so it seems like this November will be yet another exercise in harm prevention that feels antithetical to what meaningful political involvement […]

If you traveled back in time to August 14, 1935, and told someone that in our era, Social Security is one of the most important government programs and protecting it is a priority for both political parties, they probably would have been shocked and not believed you. Even though President Franklin D. Roosevelt had just […]

In 2019, the U.S. Space Force became the country’s first new independent military service since the Army Air Forces were reorganized as the U.S. Air Force in 1947. The creation of the force was subject to jokes and memes about its purpose online, and even a Netflix show starring Steve Carell that premiered in 2020. […]