Jess Lahitou

A tradition dating back to 1997, starting each November 1st, Starbucks introduces their holiday cup. So after 10 long months of waiting, forgive me for experiencing childlike letdown over this year’s Red Cup.

I am hesitant to write anything that might tangentially help Donald Trump, because I think the man entirely unfit to be president.

I should begin by clarifying that I am no political reactionary.

The five 2016 Democratic candidates for President met in Las Vegas for their first debate last night, and this writer’s prediction is that the field will be down to three for the next matchup. (Barring Joe Biden’s entry into the race, which remains a distant possibility).

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump won big in yesterday’s New York Primary contests.

Students at the University of Missouri and Yale have recently grabbed media attention for their protests against administrators and professors who fail to create a safe space for them on campus. In the latter, an email questioning the prudence of restricting Halloween costumes stirred uproar, causing this video of a student publicly berating her professor to go viral.

That’s what Syria is — our morally bankrupt foreign policy, impossible to escape, impossible to fix.

Bipartisanship is a rare bird.

Because it looms a mere three days away, the subject of President-elect’s inauguration is a media fascination. Will there be protests?

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