During Lehman’s Spring 2019 semester, Professor Dhipinder Walia (otherwise known as the Notorious DW), had her English 121 class write a series of blog posts. These blog posts had two primary functions: to expose her students to different styles of writing,…

David’s critique was mostly positive, but he did note that I should insert my opinion about Matt Santos’ run for president a bit more. Overall, I think that inserting my opinion a bit more on all topics (even unwritten ones)…

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been wrapped up in a recent controversy regarding the way in which he interacts with women. Lucy Flores, the former candidate for lieutenant governor in Nevada, accused Biden of “inappropriately kiss[ing] and touch[ing] her…

Below is a survey that I’ve created that I would send out to politically active young people. I’ve explained each of the questions directly below the questions. DW/anyone who reads this: feel free to take the survey and comment it…

Please don’t laugh. The picture came out terrible, but inside the D says “Do universities teach kids to be progressive? Does it teach them to be radical? Pragmatic? Do those who claim universities indoctrinate students have legitimacy? Are universities to…

When thinking back who from American history (focusing on American history because my project focuses on radicalism in American politics) I should write about for this blog post, I decided early on that I should write about someone more pragmatic…

In general, elections are divided into two categories: midterm and presidential elections. In both cases, the election is a referendum — the former a referendum on the incumbent president, and the latter a referendum on the country’s direction. However, the…

(A note: I went to a rally for Bernie on Saturday, and I’m going to quote a bit from him, in case you were wondering where some of the quotations/mentions were coming from. I’ll attach pictures from the rally at…

The best part about living such a mobile life — going to school, working, doing extracurricular, going out with friends — is that I’m exposed to a lot of different spaces, all the time. Another part of my habitual movements…

Prompt 1: What event of memory do you still want an apology for? How can you get this apology? How will your life change if you get this apology? Before I was born, or shortly thereafter, my biological father skipped…