Articles by: Max O'Connor '21

NRA President Oliver North's resignation was announced at a convention in Indianapolis on April 27. Photo courtesy of The Washington Post

LaPierre’s Re-Election is Better for the NRA

May 17, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

In recent years, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has earned a hostile reputation as it relentlessly resists calls for stricter gun control in the wake of America’s deadliest mass shootings. Yet, even more recently, the NRA’s leadership has been forced into a more vulnerable position, as certain staff members haveRead More

Yale’s A sian American Student Alliance protests the administrative lack of suppor t for the ER&M program. Photo courtesy of Willow Sylvester, Yale Daily News

Yale Professors Withdraw From Ethnic Studies Program

April 19, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

On March 29, 13 tenured Yale professors announced that they would be withdrawing from Yale University’s Ethnicity, Race, and Migration (ER&M) Program to protest the administration’s lack of dedication and resources to the program. The Yale ER&M Program focuses on how various ethnic, cultural, and racial dynamics have shaped andRead More

Should the U.S. Continue to Use the Death Penalty?

January 25, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Many individuals oppose the use of the death penalty simply because they have been told that killing in any form is wrong and that sayings like two wrongs don’t make a right are inherent truths. However, there are existing individuals who have already betrayed that moral code through murder. SomeRead More

Map showing how counties voted in the 2016 presidential election (Republican Party shown in red; Democratic Party shown in blue) Map courtesy of Medium

Vote for the Person, Not for the Party

October 26, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The divide in American politics is widening rapidly. This is a fact that many Americans have come to understand and even accept as they themselves contribute to the escalating tension between Republicans and Democrats. Some political psychologists such as Lilliana Mason claim that members of one political party dislike theRead More

NRA Lobbying is Corrupting Congress

April 13, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Since October, three major mass shootings have occurred: the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, killing 17, the Las Vegas shooting, killing 58, and the Sutherland Springs shooting, killing 26. Because of the tragic deaths these shootings caused, a surge of protests and rallies began supporting the creation of moreRead More