Opinions
Colorado sheriff’s decision not to uphold state gun laws should not be tolerated
Samuel Harrison -
Colorado Sheriff Steve Reams recently told CNN that he would rather go to jail than enforce a newly introduced gun law. He wishes to give himself permission to ignore state law at will, but he could be seeing the inside of his own prison soon. Sheriffs do not have the right to disregard state law, and refusal to enforce...
Opinions
You can’t rule the world without friends: withdrawing aid damages US foreign interests
Highlander Staff -
There are perhaps no better examples of the benefits of American foreign aid than Japan, South Korea and Germany. These are countries that once languished in poverty, often falling beholden to imperial powers in their respective modern histories. But in the post-WWII era of liberal globalization, American aid laid the foundation upon which those countries would grow and thrive.
As...
Opinions
Mainstream media reaction has become biased, petty and dishonest in the Trump era
Andy Li -
In the wake of Attorney General William Barr’s determination that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report exonerated President Trump from allegations of foreign collusion and obstruction of justice, the left-leaning mainstream media in the United States has had a total and complete meltdown over what they see as an unfair conclusion to a series of events that had them utterly...
Editorials
College bribery scandal reveals unsurprising rift in admission process
The Editorial Board -
The U.S. Department of Justice faced a record breaking scandal when it was revealed on March 12 that at least 50 people were being indicted in a college admissions-related prosecution, also known as Operation Varsity Blues. Although there is a sizeable amount of people being charged, much focus has shifted onto the wealthy parents who are accused of utilizing...
Opinions
Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation exonerates President Trump from Democrat-inspired Russian conspiracy theories
Andy Li -
Last weekend, Attorney General William Barr submitted a four-page summary of the conclusions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential collusion and obstruction of justice charges against President Trump and members of his 2016 presidential campaign. The long-awaited report found no evidence of collusion between Trump or his associates with the Russians in 2016, and it provided no...
There has been a sharp decline in the number of individuals getting vaccinated over the course of several years globally. Research has shown that whooping cough, which is a vaccine-preventable disease, has increased in recent years following a sharp decline after 1970. This can be linked to the fact that vaccination rates have decreased. Preventing students from attending school...
An Oct. 2018 lawsuit regarding Harvard’s alleged discriminatory admissions process against Asian-Americans garnered national media attention, bringing to light at least two issues in affirmative action and where Asians should stand on it.
In a country so concerned about polarizing colors like black and white or blue and red politics, Asian-Americans don’t always fit one political mold. Coinciding with the...
The Netflix series "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo" has taken the world by storm since its debut. The star of the show, Marie Kondo, is a pleasant Japanese consultant who helps people clean up their habitually cluttered homes. Initially, she inspired many, gaining fans around the world with her positive methods and ideology concerning cleanliness and organization. However, in...
This past Saturday, President Donald Trump gave a speech that essentially reflected how he presents himself to the people of this country each and every day: without dignity or morality. Ironically, this speech was given at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC), an organization that espouses the same “family values” that the Republican Party as of late seems to...
On Feb. 20, it was made public that the family of Nicholas Sandmann was suing The Washington Post for a hefty $250 million over the rhetoric the paper used to report an incident involving a viral video from the Jan. 18 March for Life Rally in Washington D.C. The video itself was making its rounds in the media, but...










