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Nelisha Silva | Monday, November 9, 2020
As of Saturday, Nov. 7, Joe Biden is the new president-elect and Kamala Harris is the new vice president-elect. This is the first time a sitting president has lost reelection since George H. W. Bush in 1992, putting Trump on the short list of one-term presidents in the history of the United States. This election
Vince Mallett | Friday, November 6, 2020
I’ll start with a disclaimer: I’m writing this Monday. When this column is published Friday, we will hopefully know the outcome of the presidential election. As of right now, I have no idea. I believe that everything in this column will still be true Friday, but I’m sure it will be interpreted differently based on
Edward Brunicardi | Thursday, November 5, 2020
There is a growing problem with our democracy, and it has to do with clothes. Wearing a red cap makes you racist, wearing a mask means you support an oppressive government regime. Even wearing white can be seen as showing solidarity to the most recent political cause. As this election drags on, it seems that
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Dear Notre Dame, I write to address the campus debate and multiple open letters currently circulating regarding the nomination and confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”). To promote transparency, I am a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, a practicing private sector attorney, a proud Democrat and
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Justice Barrett, You should be ashamed to bear a title so at odds with the manner in which it was acquired. Your appointment to the Supreme Court was an injustice, and not merely an ethical one or by some matter of opinion, but by the plain and public facts of its circumstances. Reprehensible as the
BridgeND | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
As a BridgeND member, I thrive on having civil political discourse, and I have learned the importance of understanding different perspectives on political issues, especially in the heavily polarized time that we are in today. Something I have noticed recently, though, is many people on the left claiming that if someone supports Donald Trump, they
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
I’d like to start by saying that this is not meant to be a partisan letter. I also want to note that when I write about disagreement, I am speaking about political disagreement, and political disagreement only. There are issues of human rights that don’t invite debate (e.g. the rights of people of color, members
Megumi Tamura | Thursday, October 15, 2020
The winner of the first two debates in this election cycle — the presidential debate on Sept. 29 and then the vice presidential debate on Oct. 7 — was the fly that landed on Vice President Mike Pence’s head, and the loser was the American voter. The vice presidential debate occurred about a week after
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 7, 2020
This letter is not about University President Fr. John Jenkins’ behavior at the White House last weekend when he attended President Donald Trump’s announcement of the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Instead, it is about a question that has been lost in all
BridgeND | Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Two and a half weeks ago, Metronome’s 62-foot-wide clock face was doing the same thing it had done every day in New York’s Union Square for more than 20 years: telling the time. Now, it continues to do the same, but the numbers have changed. A few moments ago, the clock read 7 087 15