Jess Lahitou
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Jess Lahitou Articles
Every legal system in the world recognizes gradations of bad behavior.
Read...Wright’s argument is that the way super conservative Texas Republicans have taken control of the political agenda could replicate itself on the national scale.
Read...So I don’t approve, in general, of how my generation tends to come at things, with the focus on: me, my experience, my
Read...Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump won big in yesterday’s New York Primary contests.
Read...Trump’s stratospheric rise in public polls has got me thinking about the possibility of him actually being elected and what that would mean for American women. And I can’t help but be reminded of the similarities between Trump and the former Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi.
Read...It's finally Friday, which means it's time to have a little fun.
Read...There were two stories that emerged from last night’s Republican debate: 1. The matchup between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, arguing over immigration policy and foreign policy (Cruz: no amnesty, build a wall, bomb ISIS while somehow not harming innocents. Rubio: eventual legalization of illegal immigrants, strengthen borders, work with Arab partners to defeat ISIS, more troops).
Read...As the headline article (“Anxiety, Depression and the American Adolescent”) points out, depression has been replaced with anxiety as the leading mental health struggle of today’s adolescent. The one possible cause that stood out to me most was the impact of social media. With smartphone in hand, teens can be reading harmless texts, or – as was the case for one young female interviewed – they could be viewing disturbing Instagram posts, or reading about distant tragedies, or scrolling through hateful Facebook comments. Maybe even comments about them.
Read...The best way of bringing in Sanders supporters is not to berate them into party loyalty, but to steal them away.
Read...One question here: why is a major government agency unable to fix its Twitter account for over a year? Two questions: Who is Marc Rich?
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