Column: We don't need another Reagan
At Saturday night’s Democratic debate, I was surprised to hear Martin O’Malley say Ronald Reagan’s name.
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At Saturday night’s Democratic debate, I was surprised to hear Martin O’Malley say Ronald Reagan’s name.
The uninformed may have missed last week’s settling of perhaps the most important controversy of our time — the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council passed down the historic decision that the hot dog is not, in fact, a sandwich.
If there’s one thing no one in our generation ever hears the end of, it’s that we’re not involved enough in the world around us. The media often decries our low voter turnout rate and insists that, despite the fact that we always have our phones glued to our faces, many of us are tragically politically uninformed.
Especially as we come into another endless election season, politics in this country are becoming increasingly targeted towards various demographics and the pandering begins.
Every time a mass shooting occurs, someone wants to have the gun control debate, and someone else wants to avoid that discussion and talk about the “real” problem — mental illness — instead. In any given year, one in every four adults will suffer from mental illness, which makes it a fairly common problem.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Donald Trump holds a ridiculous belief or two. In the second Republican debate, he revealed himself to be anti-vaccination. Here’s the thing, Trump: this isn’t just another controversial thing for you to say. Being anti-vax is not only ignorant and unintelligent, but dangerous and irresponsible.