DC Metro Tragedy
On Monday, tragedy struck in DC after a Metro filled with smoke, leaving one woman dead and scores of passengers injured. A timeline of emergency response to the issue corroborates riders’ account that they waited at least 35 minutes trapped in a dark, smoky tunnel...
CIA Report Released
Earlier today, a Democrat-led Senate panel released a scathing report on CIA interrogation practices in response to warnings from lawmakers that the findings would “endanger the lives of Americans”. The report claimed that the interrogation techniques they used were...
The Hardest Languages
What is the most difficult language to learn? It seems like everybody has their own answer to this question. Recently, however, the Foreign Service Institute of the US Department of State compiled learning expectations for native English speakers looking to achieve...
West Virginia’s Youngest Lawmaker
While her peers exercised their rights to vote for the first-time, 18-year old Saira Blair decided to take things to the next level, winning a seat in West Virginia’s House of Delegates. She beat 66-year old Republican, Larry Kump, in the primary elections as a high...
Is 40 the New 50 in Politics?
Once upon a happier time, in the world of politics, 50 percent was considered a respectable approval rating and anything below that was a reason to lose sleep over for a politician before Election Day. Now mid-40s or even low-40s get elected, without so much as a...
Violence Continues in Ukraine
Earlier this week on Tuesday, clashes broke out between demonstrators and police in front of Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev while deputies inside repeatedly voted down proposals to recognize a controversial World War II-era Ukrainian partisan group as national heroes....
Anti-Muslim Beliefs in Greece
According to Greek police, unknown attackers have placed a severed pig’s head outside of an Islamic studies center in Athens, as well as anti-Muslim slogans. So far, nobody has been arrested for the attack. The attackers sprayed an obscene slogan against Islam on...
Shawshank Redemption Prison
Due to its compelling story and powerful acting, the 1994 film “Shawshank Redemption”, based on the Stephen King novella of the same name, is considered by many to be one of the best movies of all time. It tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a prisoner who forms an...
US Not Providing Enough Support?
According to Karwan Zebari, a top Kurdish representative to the US, the Obama administration isn’t doing enough to supply weapons to Kurdish resistance forces in their fight against ISIS, hinting that other nations may be sending the Kurds more support than the...
Ferguson Situation Escalates
Last night, police used tear gas and smoke bombs to disperse protesters, some of whom threw Molotov cocktails and other objects at officers. This might sound like something that would occur in a country like Ukraine, but no, it’s actually going on in the St. Louis...