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It’s Time For Wash U To Pay University City
Last month, Dean of Students Rob Wild sent out an email about students acting disruptively during Mardi Gras at parties that students held in University City. University City police struggled to handle the rowdy students: according to Councilman Jeff Hales, it took all of the on-duty officers of the University City police department to disperse…
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Inland Conservative Elites
Since the 2016 election, the prevailing consensus about America’s cultural divide is that there are the educated, wealthy, coastal liberal elites who look down on the poor, rural, conservative Americans who live in flyover states. Many Trump supporters cited this as the reason for their vote in the 2016 election. They were supposedly tired of…
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Read My Lips: One New Tax
“Tax” is a dirty word in politics. Tax increases are always unpopular with voters; no one likes to give up more of their salary to the government. Politicians are aware of this, and frequently include anti-tax rhetoric in their campaigns. George H.W. Bush’s famous campaign promise “Read my lips: no new taxes” exemplifies the power…
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Political Theory and Electric Cars
Qiong Liu’s office—located on the top floor of the North Las Vegas city hall—is bright and comfortably neat, scattered with rocks gathered from hikes in the nearby RedRock Mountains and pictures of her friends and family. We begin to talk almost immediately. Liu is friendly and efficient, not the type to beat around the bush.…
