Con: Is the Meme-ification of Politics Positive?
Allegations of pedophilia and sexual abuse, discussions of presidential fitness, even political assassinations–issues that warrant sober debate–now circulate the internet primarily as memes. Somewhere beneath the edits, deepfakes, and reaction GIFs lies an actual, nuanced political story, but it’s almost impossible to find. Career-ending scandals are reduced to viral punchlines and, more than anything, politics […]
Con: Is Woke Dead?
When Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him,” he didn’t mean that God had literally perished. He meant that society’s turn away from Christianity as the great moral authority left a vacuum where a shared value system had once lived. Without a creator of meaning, we were headed […]
Con: Are Trump’s Means in Venezuela Justifiable?
The justification for the United States’ arrest and capture of Venezuelan President Nicholás Maduro bears an eerie resemblance to that of the Iraq War. President Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 15, 2025, designating the illicit drug fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD), an infamous phrase used by the Bush administration to […]
Pro: Are Trump’s Means in Venezuela Justifiable?
On January 3, my corner of the country woke up overjoyed upon hearing the news of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s capture. However, it soon became clear to me that this reaction was far from universal. Indeed, the disquiet here at Tufts is a world apart from the jubilation of my native Miami. Therefore, I thought […]
A Private Eye to Public Service: The State’s Differing Definitions of Service
On January 20th, 2025, the inauguration of Donald J. Trump signified more than just the passing of a Democratic to Republican administration; it initiated a reevaluation of not only the composition of federal bureaucracy but also the expression of American values and what constitutes public service. From 2022 to 2023, I served as a remote […]
Tufts University Ends Relationship with Non-Voting Delegate: A Satirical Perspective
Tufts University announced in mid-November that it would be cutting ties with Stacey Plaskett, the U.S. Virgin Islands non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, over a decision not to vote on an amendment to H.R. 1449. The Amendment, which failed to pass, would have extended the timeline for determining geothermal drilling permit completeness […]
The High Stakes of Political Discourse at Tufts: Engage or Detach?
While 63.6% of college students in 2021 believed the political and social climate on their campus prevented people from freely expressing themselves, Tufts professors disagree over how student political discourse has changed in the last few decades. Still, faculty remain committed to the delicate balancing act of re-incorporating students who feel alienated by the fraught […]