By Kayla Jimenez The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced on October 11th, that starting in 2018, young girls will be allowed to join the Cub Scouts, with an Eagle scout program extended to young women by 2019. This isn’t surprising; earlier this year, the BSA voted to allow transgender boys to join the organization. The Wall Street Journal explains that “it seems the Scouts have finally surrendered to the culture war, but the reality…
Spooky Stats Stall Baseball Bats
By Jason Caci Despite the fact that people are celebrating Halloween for the lone reason that they want to feel justified in their costume choice, it is also time to glue your eyes to baseball’s fall classic: the World Series. Baseball has changed a lot over the past decade, with more management personnel using advanced sabermetrics to scout players. I went into more detail about this in my article “Tech Tock, Tech Tock,” which…
Here’s an Option: Leave North Korea Alone
By Jordan Jardine Throughout his tenure so far, President Trump has been increasingly hostile toward North Korea. The Hill reported on October 10th that Trump was going to explore a “range of options” with members of his security staff about how to deal with this situation. I can say with almost 100% certainty that staying out of the DPRK’s business was not included in his so-called “range of options.” I understand that Kim Jong-Un…
Communism Was Never About Equality
By Senator Joseph McCarthy The constant waves of protesters demonstrating in the streets against Donald Trump and his policies seem to be drawing out all sorts of leftist groups. We routinely see demonstrators proudly waving the hammer and sickle flag and calling for “death to capitalism”. Socialism and communism are routinely incorporated within social justice doctrine, and capitalism is blamed for all of their woes. College professors have no problem weaving in Marxist indoctrination into…
Ten Trendy Costumes to Rock This Halloween
By Our Staff 1. Colin Kaepernick This costume is right for the times! With Colin all over the news, now is the time to show your support for the black community. What better way to do it then to dress as Kappy himself? All you’ll need is a Kaepernick jersey, some cleats, an afro wig, and, arguably the most important part of the costume, dark-colored foundation! Wow the crowd with this daring and social…
Kap’s Collusion Claims
By: Colin Gilmartin Amidst the turmoil that was my Monday morning, thanks to my 59 year old uncle who somehow trampled my fantasy football team this weekend by 70 plus points without knowing he was playing me, I tuned into the God awful channel that is ESPN to witness the tangible football plays that led to my historic demise this past Sunday. My (hopefully) championship-worthy team was brought to a solid record of 4-2. After…
Words Are Not Inherently Offensive
By Anonymous I’ve recently found myself the target of accusations of racism. These accusations weren’t the result of me doing or saying anything racist, but rather because I said that simply saying the “n-word” isn’t necessarily racist, and that it really depends on the context. I knew people would disagree with me, but I certainly didn’t anticipate the intense hostility and expletive-filled screaming that ensued. They went all-out Tana Mongeau on me. I now have…
Putting the BS in BSA
By Patrick McAuliffe Big news came out (pun intended) of the Boy Scouts of America on National Coming Out Day (October 11th). Starting in 2018, Cub Scout packs will have the option to accept girls, and in 2019 the BSA hopes to have a program ready for young women to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. I know many of my fellow Eagle Scouts and other Scout brothers will disagree with me on this important…
The Politicization of Tragedy
By Annoyed Observer It’s the exact same story every time a tragedy ensues, the only difference being in the details. It starts off with grim news reports that get plastered at the top of the trending stories all over social media. Then we get the body count, with more people confirmed injured or dead as time goes on. #PrayFor_____ and #ThoughtsAndPrayers trend on Twitter almost immediately. Shortly after, the perpetrator’s photo, life story, race, and…
Banning Guns Will Not Prevent Mass Shootings
By Tommy Gagliano On October 2nd, 59 people were killed and more than 500 were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history. The attack took place at a concert in Las Vegas and the gunman, identified as Stephen Paddock, shot at people from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Paddock was found dead in his room, along with more than 20 firearms, including modified assault rifles. The…
Entertainment & Politics Don’t Mix
By Thomas Sheremetta Nothing is better than coming home from a long day of schoolwork and winding down. Some people use this free time for social media, YouTube, video games, and television. We use these forms of entertainment as a way to clear our mind from our real-life affairs. These affairs can include triumphs, hardships, and everything in between. Another affair we must deal with on a daily basis, whether we like it or not, is…
The Rebrand of Deutschland
By Jason Caci Despite the fact that Angela Merkel won her fourth consecutive term as Chancellor of Germany, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the right wing populist party in Germany, is on pace to secure 88 seats in the Bundestag, according to the Guardian. In hindsight, it might not seem like a lot of seats when one sees that the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) will secure 137 seats and the Christian Democratic Union…
The Left’s Fetishization of Violence: A Response to Sarah Molano
by Sue Doe Nym One of the hallmarks of a functional, thriving society is the principle of freedom of speech: neither the government nor society can use violence, or the threat of violence, to intimidate you into silence. But after their embarrassing defeat to Donald Trump, the Left has grown more and more shrill and desperate; as a result, they’ve grown more radical (and quite frankly idiotic). Portions of their ideological movement have taken a…
The Crisis of American Masculinity
By Christopher DeMarco What if I told you that there was a certain minority demographic in America today that makes up 49% of the population, 80% of suicides, 94% of workplace fatalities, and die an average of 6 years sooner than the rest of the population? (1) This demographic also has had its constitutional rights and equal protections under the law slowly eroded over the past 50 years. Despite these things, the so-called “progressive” movement…
Protestants are the Real Liberals
By Luke Kusick In order to trace the origins of the modern left, one has to look into history. To start, let us define what is meant by the term right and left. In the context of this article, the right will be concerned with maintaining the traditional culture, hierarchy, and social order. The left is characterized by tearing down the traditional culture, being anti-hierarchical and anti-authoritarian. Defining the left and right in this manner,…