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  • Why the 2016 Election Was Not the Worst Election in American History

    I generally despise using generalizations without near-encyclopedic citations. However, it must be stated: the 2016 election received universal criticism. Nobody beamed with pride at either set of candidates. Many Americans loathed both tandems and gritted their teeth at the ballot box. If an American did vote for one of the two sides enthusiastically, they firmly…

  • Ask What You Can Do for Your State

    Any college freshman can tell you that America is not as homogeneous as we pretend. We come to Washington University in St. Louis knowing we will meet people of different cultural backgrounds, but heritage manifests itself in ways we do not ex­pect. No one talks about North Dakota’s culture, West Virginia’s culture, or Michigan’s culture,…