By Sebastian Godinez, Before I write anything further: Trigger alert. A few years ago, I wrote a series of articles on the freedom of speech. However, beyond mentioning that to ban phrases…
By Sebastian Godinez Few Americans give appreciation to their local government, even state. Sure, they may tune in to the governor’s race because he or she signed some unpopular piece of legislation…
By Sebastian Godinez In the U.S., there is an old adage that goes like this: “You need to pick and choose which battles you’re going to fight.” This is an adaption from…
By Sebastian Godinez Hello everyone, it’s your favorite (or dreaded) political science student here to opine again on the state of affairs in the U.S. Comedians and political pundits have long noted…
By Sebastian Godinez Donald Trump was officially sworn in on January 20, 2017. But that has not stopped countless protesting. We have had the Women’s March on Washington protest just after the…
By Sebastian Godinez A week or two ago, President Trump called “fake news”, his code word for much of the press, the “enemy of the people.” Look, I’m not the biggest fan…
By Sebastian Godinez Every once in awhile, a friend of mine muses that we should run for President and Vice President. It is, of course, a joke (for now), but it highlights…
By Sebastian Godinez Hello again. As with a new semester, we have a new President: Donald Trump. I’m sure many of us are concerned about what might happen under a Trump Presidency…
By Sebastian Godinez Election day is less than a week away (five days to be exact). It has been one very long, very contentious election cycle. But on Nov. 8, it will…
By Sebastian Godinez So far there have been three debates for the 2016 Presidential Election; two presidential and one vice presidential. Mike Pence might be a sight for sore eyes for conservatives,…