Author: awyshner18
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A Review of Trump’s First Year in Office
by Andrew Wyshner ’18, Commentary Editor I’m not going to come out and say it has been perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Trump’s first year has been riddled with scandals, firings and legislative failures. However, Trump’s single greatest success has been the one that voters care about the most: the economy. 84% of…
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Many Voices, But No Debate: Why America Sees Little Change on Partisan Issues
by Andrew Wyshner ’18, Commentary Editor The tragic events in Parkland have sparked yet another heated debate on the Second Amendment and to what degree guns should be controlled in America. While it is a small gain that people are now discussing legislative change, it is disheartening that a truly awful event must occur in…
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Logan Paul: Everything Wrong With YouTube
by Jackson Powers ’20, Staff Writer Logan Paul, along with his brother, Jake Paul, seems to develop a new controversy every fifteen minutes. But even for YouTube, some actions are just too much. Logan recently released a video of his tour of Japan which included his visit to the infamous Japanese suicide forest, a known…
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Jerusalem Is the Capital of Israel
by Simon Gorbaty ’19, Staff Writer The media exploded with a multitude of headlines when President Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on December 6th, 2017. The response has been divided. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu naturally welcomed the move. International leaders such as the European Union’s chief of foreign policy have sharply criticized…
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No Moore: Senate Candidate Accused of Sexual Assault
By Julia Schwed ’21, Staff Writer On December 12th, 2017, a special election will be held in Alabama to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when he is appointed United States Attorney General by President Trump. Voters in Alabama will be asked to choose between Democratic candidate Doug Jones and Republican candidate Roy…
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Phil Murphy Sets New Jersey on a Collision Course for Economic Collapse
by Andrew Wyshner ’18, Commentary Editor Phil Murphy’s proposed economic policies, along with Trump’s tax plan, threaten to double or triple the effective tax rates for people living in New Jersey. Unfortunately, this is not speculation or simply a possibility; it is an inevitability. Phil Murphy has not proposed any plan to lower New Jersey’s…
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Kneel Somewhere Else
by Andrew Wyshner ’18, Commentary Editor For years, little drama surrounded this simple sentence: “Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we ask that you all please rise for the playing of our national anthem.” Americans then stood for the anthem, eagerly awaiting what was to come after. However, now people kneel down for it. In what many perceive…
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The Editor’s Opinion: Response Bias in Ballot Questions
by Andrew Wyshner ’18, Commentary Editor I had the great opportunity to vote for the first time this year in the New Jersey gubernatorial election. The voting process allowed me to see firsthand how American Democracy works, but what struck me most was the biased and unfairly worded ballot questions. This year, there were two…