The Media Blackout of Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos has been all over the news lately for a multitude of reasons. The Amazon CEO recently became the ...
Opinion
Wesleyan: Elite or Elitist?
“If a kid liked Fieldston, chances are they would go to Wesleyan," said Tyler Lederer-Plaskett ’21. No one from my ...
Going Metric: A Long Overdue System of Simplicity and Perfection
Having grown up in Asia my entire life, I expected a degree of culture shock when arriving in the United ...
The Spanish Inquisition, Volume II: Catalonian Crisis
Since its inception in 1922, the Catalan independence movement has sought the separation of Catalonia from Spain. With its own ...
Chipping Away at Our Idols: The Case of “Lady Doritos”
Among the U.S. Fortune 500 companies, a ranked list of businesses with the largest total revenues each year, 32 Chief ...
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Court Decision
On Jan. 21, 2010, the Supreme Court issued the infamous Citizens United ruling. Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission ...
The Curious Case of Tristan da Cunha
Approximately 1,500 miles off of the South African coast and 2,090 miles from South America, deep in the South Atlantic, ...
The Problem with Private Prisons
Prior to the 1980s, private prisons didn’t exist in the United States. But thanks to the Reagan administration’s War on ...
The Follower Fallacy: Competing for Social Media Popularity
When I was in middle school, my friend boasted tens of thousands of Instagram followers. I still remember feeling so ...
Schumer’s Litmus Test Harms Long-Term Democratic Goals
As a child, I often fought with my brothers via video games, shouting matches, and physical altercations. The constant infighting ...