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Three Reasons Why Media Coverage May Be Contributing to Mass Shootings 0
- Culture
- August 5, 2019
If you are like me, you’ve probably followed the media coverage of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton quite closely. These massacres provide brutal reminders of the terrible impact of gun violence. Of course, media outlets constantly have something to say about this sort of crime, whether it be the initial report of
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What’s Killing Office Romances?0
- Culture
- August 2, 2019
The last pieces of career-related advice I thought I’d ever hear were “wear your lowest top to your next board meeting” and “linger too long by your colleague’s desk.” However, this is precisely the advice that Ella Whelan gave last week on sp!ked. To be fair, Whelan did not say that this advice would advance
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Why I Chose a Liberal Arts Major 0
- Culture
- August 2, 2019
This August, I leave for my freshman year at a school called Thomas Aquinas College. I’m pretty excited about my choice. It’s in California, it’s gorgeous… and you probably haven’t heard of it. I would love to talk to people about it, if it weren’t for one thing: Thomas Aquinas College has only one major
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Illegal Migrants on Way to US Border Down 39 Percent, Mexico Says 0
- Politics
- August 2, 2019
The Mexican government says the number of U.S.-bound illegal migrants traveling through its country has decreased by 39 percent since May, a result of its bolstered enforcement efforts. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign relations secretary, said Tuesday that the number of mostly Central American migrants traveling through the country to reach the U.S. dropped from 144,278 in
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What is a 21st Century Family?0
- Culture
- August 2, 2019
What is a family? Not so long ago it would have been uncontroversial to reply, “A husband and wife and their children.” This conjugal family could be diminished by the death of a member, splintered by divorce, expanded by the co-residence of other relations (a grandmother, for example), an adopted child, or other persons; but
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Baltimore’s Homicide Rate Is Ten Times Larger Than the U.S. Rate 0
- Culture
- August 2, 2019
Donald Trump in recent days has repeatedly attacked the city of Baltimore for its very low quality of life, denouncing it as “rodent-infested” and noting it has a very, very high homicide rate. It’s difficult to find reliable stats on Baltimore’s rodent population per capita, but we can consult the FBI crime data on Baltimore’s
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