American intervention best, only move
Newly minted President Joe Biden carried out his first drone strike in Syria Feb. 27, sparking renewed debate over the legitimacy of American intervention abroad. While the American foreign presence has been admittedly spotty, this drone strike was combated by…
Airplane etiquette requires re-evaluation
During these past few weeks, manners—good or bad—have been a hot topic. The controversy comes after a video went viral on social media just a few days ago, where one passenger could be seen kicking and shoving the reclined seat…
Russian athletes drug problem
Russia is now in a race against time to prove itself compliant with clean sport with less than a year to go until next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. For a long time now, the country has…
Tokyo weather bad for Olympics
When Tokyo was selected for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, little was known in terms of the impact of heat on competing athletes. However, in the past year the organizing committee’s measures to combat the aforementioned have been…
Tasteless marketing trivializes violence
Last week, McDonald’s Portugal publicly apologized for using the tagline “sundae bloody sundae” to promote their Halloween ice cream desserts. The phrase is typically used when describing Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, in Northern Ireland in 1972 when British…
Franco’s reburial end of dark era for Spain
In late September, the Spanish Supreme Court unanimously passed a new ruling that would allow for the exhuming of the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco. Franco’s remains were located at a towering monument in Madrid’s outskirts, known as el…
Climate change only getting worse
Over the course of these past few weeks, news has broken out regarding the arrests of celebrities Jane Fonda and Sam Waterson, sparking criticism in regards to law enforcement and the actions and precautions that the United States government is…
Catalonian separatists crossing lines
Over these past few days, protests have erupted in the Spanish city of Barcelona in regards to an ongoing fight for an independent Catalan state within the kingdom of Spain. The latest outrage stems from the incarceration by the Spanish…
Hong Kong deserves freedom
Hong Kong has tasted Western-style freedoms rarely known in China. They have operated under a truly free market for decades and were treated comparably well as a British colony. Now things are changing under the Chinese authoritarian nightmare. While the…
Self-driving cars cause concerns
Self-driving cars are becoming a new part of technology and the future. They may be cool and functional but are they safe? Self-driving cars can be dangerous. There have been many people who have died due to self-driving car accidents….
