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Millennials almost largest voting block, but have less than 50 percent turnout

The greatest barriers to millennials impacting an election is their own apathy combined with a deteriorating sense of civic duty.

Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor • November 5, 2018

According to Politico, early voting has already surpassed 36 million votes, almost 9 million votes more than the 2014 midterm election. The Democrats’ drive to repudiate President Trump is only matched by the Republicans’ enthusiasm to defy expectations of losing control of the House of Representatives....

Tocqueville’s Demise of America

What we expect from our government may come back to rob us of our humanity.

Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor • September 28, 2018

In 1889, Alexis de Tocqueville, a French diplomat and political scientist, penned “Democracy in America”—not only the greatest book on America, but also the greatest book on democracy. A portion of the closing chapters are devoted to imagining the nature of a usurpatious democracy. Tocqueville...