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What you eat can leave a long-lasting effect on the planet Hey omnivores, what if I told you that you don’t have to go vegan to have a significant impact on climate change? The simple everyday choices we make regarding food have a greater influence on our carbon footprint than you probably thought. Most friends, […]

Why I traded my car for my bike and haven’t looked back While I was growing up in the suburbs of south Florida, having access to a car meant that I could go to that house party, or meet up with my friends at the beach. The car was the gateway to my freedom. So […]

The Republican Party has worked to cull Trump’s signature populism — and it just might cost them 2020 Last month, over a hundred major Republican donors descended upon Trump International Hotel to meet with campaign advisors and devise a strategy for the 2020 presidential election. Most left dissatisfied and unconfident that President Trump’s team had […]

Yes, but they should still do it anyway Over the last few years, several prominent comedians, including Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Bill Maher, have said they no longer want to perform at colleges. They cite what they see as extreme levels of political correctness on university campuses. “[The younger generation] just want to use […]

The Green New Deal isn’t perfect, but it’s the best we’ve got The Green New Deal is not so new. Its roots stem from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ambitious plan — the New Deal — to yank America out of the Great Depression. Both deals take unorthodox approaches to fix dire problems. But while the Green […]

For many Americans, political figures have replaced the traditional vanguards of morality 137 years ago, Nietzsche famously quipped: “God is dead.” In spite of its now-cliché position in philosophical rhetoric, Nietzsche’s fundamental proposition — that western society’s embrace of Enlightenment thinking had brought about the decline of belief in objective Christian morality — remains true […]

And why it didn’t deserve to (not that “Green Book” did) When I walked into the theater to see “Black Panther” a year ago, I feared that I was about to watch a movie that had been grossly overhyped. By the time the end credits rolled around, I was glad to realize that my fears […]

The university’s ‘support’ for law enforcement runs hypocritical and short-sighted I first heard about a UC Davis professor who thinks cops should be killed late in Fall Quarter. There were murmurings in the newsroom about his in-class discussions, and rumors of how the professor had given an interview that advocated for violence against law enforcement. […]

Google’s monopolistic control of internet search engines requires that it be regulated as a public utility Republican Party lawyer Harmeet Dhillon authored an op-ed in The Daily Caller last week, alleging that Microsoft’s new “NewsGuard” plugin is likely to end up indirectly censoring conservative news sources. Dhillon’s allegation is part of a broader bipartisan worry […]

These distortions of narrative give a disadvantage to Mueller, who is bringing facts to a PR fight America’s inability to agree on the seriousness of Trump’s ties to the Russian government stems from one thing: that the American media and public have simultaneously never and always been right about Trump’s motivations for running for president. […]

The strengths — and shortcomings — of “The Joe Rogan Experience” are not the obvious ones Despite the massive success and cultural influence of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” I must admit that until last summer, I had no idea who Joe Rogan was. Not a clue, I’d never heard of the guy. Since […]

Events in Joshua Tree National Park show how little we care about our environment Imagine this headline: Off-roading vehicle enters restricted area during middle of night at full speed, crashes and kills innocent bystander. Gut-wrenching, right? You’d probably think, “Arrest this lunatic!” What if I were to tell you that this innocent bystander was not […]