Media fails to bring credible sources to discussion on Islam


Islam has been the subject of recent debate, and even Hollywood heavyweights have started to partake in the discussion. Last Friday, Gone Girl star Ben Affleck appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher alongside author Sam Harris, The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and politician and MSNBC political analyst Michael Steele, during which Affleck […]

New Netflix partnership with Adam Sandler a wrong move


Make no mistake — Adam Sandler is a comedic icon. His career is a decorated capsule of Saturday Night Live skits, cult classics like Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison and dramatic works such as Punch-Drunk Love and Funny People. His ability to entertain is undeniable, but his repertoire as of late has been questionable. Within […]

Lack of congressional term limits a threat to democracy


Congress ended session on Sept. 23, giving Americans another opportunity to evaluate their representatives before engaging in their civic duty at the ballot boxes this November. Though Congressmen will spend the next six weeks back at their home districts to address their reelection campaigns, Americans have yet another opportunity to assess the elements plaguing this […]

Protests spurring Hong Kong down the road to democracy


In the 1980s and early ’90s, Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union satellites were experiencing the growing pains of democratic revolutions, highlighted by the bloody end of the rule of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu. Twenty years later, the democratic fever of the world spread to the Middle East. And now, three years later, it appears […]

Fox News slipup brings issue of military sexism to the forefront


Once again, a Fox News host has made an insensitive remark on air, leading to national outrage. This time, however, it is not just average citizens who are upset; members of the U.S. military are also furious. Last week, Fox News host Eric Bolling referred to the United Arab Emirates’ first female fighter pilot, Mariam […]