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-16 posts tagged "midterm elections"
Carlos Basurto | Friday, December 2, 2022
There is something uniquely shallow about the way we have begun engaging in debate and it is particularly vexing for any person in possession of their complete senses. Go ahead, I dare you to take one look at the political articles that have been published in Viewpoint preceding and following the midterm elections. In the
Notre Dame Write to Vote | Friday, November 18, 2022
The midterm election occurred on November 8, 2022 with surprising outcomes. A midterm is supposed to be the time that the opposing party can make up ground for the next Presidential election, in this case a “Red Wave”, but that is not what happened. Voters rejected antidemocratic and autocratic candidates this election by denouncing many
lettertotheeditor | Friday, November 18, 2022
This week, the College Democrats published a Letter to the Editor accusing our club of promoting “racist, transphobic, and antisemitic rhetoric” in the 2022 midterm debate that took place on Wednesday, Nov. 2. They call for our debater’s remarks to be formally condemned by the University administration and to require our officer corps to face
Liam Kelly | Friday, November 11, 2022
On Wednesday evening, the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study hosted a panel discussing the implications of the 2022 midterm elections results on democracy, abortion and the 2024 presidential election. The panel was moderated by political science professor David Campbell and included Notre Dame alum and New York Times opinion columnist Carlos Lozada, Notre Dame
lettertotheeditor | Monday, November 7, 2022
After news about the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Hank Milius picked up his wife, a retired fourth-grade teacher, from the airport. He could tell that she had not yet heard the news and made sure that they did not listen to the radio or watch TV. He wanted to give her “one night of blissful
Liam Price | Friday, November 4, 2022
As election day draws nearer, non-local Notre Dame students are sending mail-in ballots back home to cast their vote, many for the first time. The issues they care about are varied, though abortion, both for pro-choice and pro-life students, is a common concern among students. First-year Theo Austin, who sent his absentee ballot back to
Notre Dame Write to Vote | Thursday, September 29, 2022
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” And coming from Abraham Lincoln, that must really mean something. All jokes aside, ballots stitch our democracy together. Without them, the power of leaders would go unchecked, public interests would be sacrificed for personal gain and the government of the people, by the people, for the people would
Chancelor Gordon | Friday, September 23, 2022
Editor’s Note: Crystal Ramirez is a former Associate News Editor for The Observer. SMC Votes hosted ‘Rock the Vote’, Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Belle’s Backyard. The event featured voting resources, treats and live entertainment. Bellacapella and the Pearl performed while attendees requested region specific voting information and voted for the Most Popular Dog on
Blake Ziegler | Thursday, September 22, 2022
You wouldn’t be alone in associating religion with the Republican Party and secularism with the Democratic Party. Over the last several decades, the rise of the Religious Right has cemented the fact that the Republican Party is dominated by white evangelicals inserting religious views into the party platform. Today, that sentiment is only reinforced as
Gary Caruso | Friday, November 2, 2018
For more than a decade, I have coached a charity baseball team of which United States Senator Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) has been a starting player. We are close personal friends who share insights, laughter and candor during our baseball workouts. We sheltered in place on the “other” congressional practice baseball field one early morning in