11/28/16 9:48pm
First, I’d like to acknowledge that I was wrong. About a month ago, I published a column about what I called the lazy voting epidemic. People use gut-checks, self-identification and emotional appeals to dictate their vote, and that can cause real problems when it comes to the outcome of emotionally charged elections.
11/14/16 11:20pm
Trump’s election represented a great blow to the forces of progress in America, as the American electorate chose a politics of short-sighted, reactionary hatred. But it also represents a great opportunity.
10/31/16 11:07pm
Is it possible for a country to be bad at voting?
In America, the popular election is practically deified.
10/03/16 11:55pm
For quite some time, I’ve struggled with mental health. That battle has been a personal one, and I’m glad to be in the stable and generally happy position I am now.
10/01/16 1:22am
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
09/19/16 11:58pm
Last Thursday, the two worst preachers in America showed up on Penn campus. As far as I could tell, they failed to convert a single student to the word of the lord.
09/16/16 4:48pm
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
09/05/16 11:29pm
Imagine the following scenario: You’re a club leader organizing a protest. You have an issue you care passionately about, and you’re gathering like minded students to make a public display complete with rehearsed chants and picket signs.
