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Engaging Taipei: The Taiwan Travel Act
On March 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act. The bill supports high-level visits…
John Oliver is Making American Television Great Again
In March 2016, while being interviewed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, John Oliver said he didn’t think he’d…
A State of Insecurity: Classified Information and the…
Despite criticizing Hilary Clinton's lax security practices during the 2016 Presidential campaign, the Trump White…
Conservatives in Crisis: PA-18
Since the election of President Donald Trump, the Democrats have ousted Republican incumbents in several state and…
The Hardline Philosophy of John Bolton is a Security…
On March 22, President Donald Trump declared yet another proverbial “You’re Fired!” on Twitter as he announced the…
Big Soda and Soda Taxation: A Brief History
If anecdotal evidence means anything in the discussion of soda taxation, then one needn't look any further than the…
Blaming Violence on Mental Illness: A Lose-Lose…
In North America, the treatment of individuals suffering from mental illness has shifted dramatically over time.…
Selling the Iraq War
March 20th 2018 marked the fifteenth anniversary of perhaps the most controversial and consequential armed conflict…
Apathy, Artifice, and Anger: Ontario’s Election,…
Late last Sunday, after a full day of reviewing the results of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership…
Can a Cryptocurrency Save Venezuela’s Economy?
In January 2018, Venezuela’s government, led by Nicolàs Maduro, launched a new official currency, the Petro. The…
Why Not Let 16 Year-Olds Vote?: An Argument Resurfaced…
On March 13th, in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly, Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver presented his latest…
Is Large-Scale Hydropower Sustainable?: Taking a…
Author's Note: I am currently working on my undergraduate thesis at McGill University. I chose to write about the…