Tag / Politics
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The Vegans Are Coming!
The Economist boldly declared that 2019 would be the year that veganism goes mainstream. In America alone, the sale of vegan foods rose ten times higher than those of general foods. In over 190 countries, 250,000 people made Veganuary pledges to switch to a plant-based diet. The Chinese government has voiced aims to reduce meat…
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Studying The Good Life
It has come my time to go, but where to? what to do? who to be? how? To graduate is to sink deep into existentialism. I had only to take five credits this semester to graduate, but I instead enrolled in eighteen: my heaviest load yet. I had a question—a jabbing thought—that I wanted to…
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Moving Forward And Looking Back
I’m finally ready to say goodbye to the memory of my former self. I thought you were perfect. I thought you had everything. I thought you were me. In reality, I had fabricated an intricate web of lies to fool myself into thinking that I could and would become a doctor. You’re probably thinking, “Another…
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Table Talk
Watching the sunrise through the window, I remain in the same spot I first sat down in eighteen hours prior. The diner had cleared out except for my best friend and me in a booth, and the people working the early shift. The sound of the coffee brewing and our stomachs grumbling from a sugar…
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Two Candidates and 2 Corinthians: Religion in the 2016 General Election
I remember a time, not long ago, when presidential candidates quoted the Bible like millennials quote “The Breakfast Club.” When Ted Cruz touted preserving the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance as a primary accomplishment during his time as a state senator. When Marco Rubio assured a debate audience that he was not,…
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The Danforth Dialogues: A Review
On Saturday, October 8th in Graham Chapel, the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics presented the Danforth Dialogues, a directive that they have been working on since the center’s founding in 2010. The goal of the Dialogues, according to Marie Griffith, the Director of the Center, was to connect this presidential election cycle with the…
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Please God, Endorse Me
Media figures often talk about how there are two different kinds of primaries going on: the electoral primary—decided by caucuses, primary elections, superdelegates, and a party convention—and the invisible primary. The invisible primary is made up of two components: fundraising and endorsements. The fundraising category is further split into money raised by Super PACs, organizations…
