Pressure in the Pipes: Targeted Pipe Bombs and Their Implications for US Politics
(Ellicott Ashworth Cochrane, Queen’s University) On Monday October 22nd 2018, less than two weeks before the US Midterm elections, several
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Global Issues
Fake it ‘Till You Make it: Saudi Arabia’s Claims on Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
(Taylor Johnson, Queen’s University) On October 2, Jamal Khoshoggi, an outspoken critic of the Saudi government and popular journalist, disappeared
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United India: Are Trudeau’s Actions Pro-Separatism or a Publicity Stunt?
(Prarthana Pathak, Queen’s University) Trudeau’s infamous trip to India in February is still a popular topic of conversation and mockery
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The 12-Year Climate Catastrophe: The Canadian Government’s Lack of Impact In A Global Crisis
(Shelby Harper, Queen’s University) Climate change is a frightening phenomenon. The lack of action to prevent, let alone act, on
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Politics Isn’t Divisive, Political Language Is
(Graham McKitrick, Queen’s University) Five days before the U.S election, presidential historian Brooks Simpson said that the election would “go
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The value of cosmopolitanism
(By Emma Brooks, Queen’s University) The overarching purpose of cosmopolitanism is to consider all citizens of the world as equal and
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Trump, news consumption, echo chambers, and elections in the age of social media
(By Diana Zhao, Queen’s University) The 2016 American Presidential election was a race like no other. After a grueling primary, months
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The politics of facts: The importance of social philosophy in the “post-truth” era
(By Kyle Curlew, Queen’s University) It has been over a month since Kellyanne Conway excused her political deceit as “alternative facts”
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US Media, Donald Trump, and Prevalence of Orientalism
(By Simran Grewal, Queen’s University) The media has always been a powerhouse of knowledge and information, and as relationships between individuals,
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Pope Francis and the Zika Virus
(By Ariana Bascom, Queen’s University) It is not often that the Pope of the Catholic Church condones the use of contraception
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