A state of emergency was declared in Kanawha and Fayette counties in West Virginia on Monday in response to a train derailment carrying, millions of pounds of crude oil. Out of fear of contamination of the public water supply, the…

The most remembered quote from the 2015 State of the Union; “I have no more campaigns to run. I know because I won both of them” was about the only thing I heard students talking about following the annual address. While Obama…

When I first heard of Boston bid for the 2024 Olympics, I was sitting at a bar in the Chicago airport, waiting for my flight to Boston. Almost everyone in the bar started cheering, with the patriot pride seeping out of the…

Two Thanksgivings ago I sat down on the couch, with my Thanksgiving feast, to watch the Redskins play the Cowboys in Dallas. I quickly pointed out the irony of the match-up, and my dad convinced me that they play every Thanksgiving…

The 2014 midterm elections are no surprise; however the Democrats hand over the Senate with bitterness, while the Republicans do victory laps as if they weren’t expecting a clean sweep. Considering it is Obama’s sixth year in office…

For the last two months, a rising hub of economic activity has been verbally battling with the Chinese government over democratic voting rights in the semi-sovereign territory. The most interesting thing about the protest to me is…