Recently, Time magazine announced that Greta Thunberg was its person of the year for 2019. President Donald Trump responded to the nomination with his disapproval via Twitter.  “So ridiculous,” he wrote. “Greta must work on her anger management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie...

The first memes of the new decade were pretty much all about World War III. As funny as it was to read articles about the massive spike in Google searches for “how to dodge the draft,” it did strike me as more than a little ridiculous that several million young Americans, many of whom have never...

In a July call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump promised American aid to Ukraine in return for investigating Joe Biden’s son to promote his own success in the upcoming election, according to the New York Times. The whistleblower complaint said that...

Another mass shooting. Another comment from politicians and media about gun control. Another Twitter response. Everyone forgets. Nothing changes. Another mass shooting. Unfortunately, despite constant conversation about gun control and reform in the United States, on Aug. 31 a drive-by shooting spree...

A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. This resulted in a global backlash, led by France and Germany, but quickly supported by Russia, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Professor of history and Middle Eastern studies Judith Mendelsohn-Rood, urges us to...

Venezuela’s current state has shocked the world under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule. Within the past weeks, reports have surfaced of aid turned away, closed borders and the country being deprived of energy and water. Furthermore, the country has been exposed to a nasty political feud between Maduro...

April 9, 2018 marked the first Duologue, Biola’s new initiative to produce “a series of constructive conversations on polarizing perspectives,” which promises to be “a spirited public exchange” that has, since its inception, involved either a pair or a panel of Biola professors and Talbot School...

Entering into its fourth week, the record-setting U.S. government shutdown continues over disputes regarding a portion of the U.S. budget equivalent to a rounding error. At a massive $4.4 trillion dollar budget, the $5.7 billion dollar request to build the southern border wall is no more than 0.0998...

The office of the president is one of the most powerful political offices in the history of the world because the United States is one of the most powerful nations in the history of the world. And when an American citizen assumes the title and powers of that office, they come face-to-face with life’s...

Looming in the background of the midterm elections was the political blockbuster flick no one wanted to talk about. However, on November 25, the migrant caravan finally made its way to the United States border and was confronted with tear gas. A popular photo, circulated among mainstream media, depicting...

“While everyone cheered and their cheers filled the sky: ‘Fight! Fight for the Butter side UP! Do or die! Well . . . We didn't do. And we didn't quite die.” Dr. Seuss’ “The Butter Battle Book” captures the deflating tone in the wake of an overhyped colossal clash between the blue wave...

On the morning of April 4, 1945, the United States 4th Armored Division and the 89th Infantry division arrived at the small German town of Ohrdruf. What they found, to quote General Dwight Eisenhower, were atrocities “beyond the American mind to comprehend.” In a small encampment outside the town,...