George Santos: America’s Most Wanted (to Resign)

February 15, 2023 Kate Phillips

Republican George Santos is the House Representative for the 3rd District of New York. After a failed run for office in 2020, Santos defeated his Democratic opponent in the November 2022 election. In late December 2022, news broke that Santos had lied about his resume. On December 26, Santos conceded that he had embellished his resume and apologized, but stressed that he did not break any laws. Just two days later, however, the Nassau County District Attorney opened an investigation into Santos's questionable background. Since then, Santos has been accused of a plethora of lies, from lying about working for Goldman Sachs, to misusing campaign funds, to stealing money from a GoFundMe for a veteran's sick dog.

The Question of Statehood: Can Washington D.C. Become a State?

April 10, 2021 Kate Phillips

You may be surprised that 714,153 Americans are taxed without representation. How is this possible? The answer is simple: Washington D.C. is not a state. Why isn’t D.C. a state? The answer to that question is complicated and is currently inspiring a heated debate in Congress.

What's Going On With Jason Pierre-Paul?

October 8, 2015 Corey Brown

The biggest controversy this summer that concerned the New York Giants, the National Football League team based in East Rutherford, NJ involved one of their star players, Jason Pierre-Paul...

Musings on the CNN Republican Presidential Debate

September 24, 2015 Elena Veatch

It’s the most wonderful time of the year -- for those of us who derive pleasure from the antics of the Republican presidential primaries. This past week, eleven top-polling candidates gathered to vie for both the 2016 nomination and the most convincing embodiment of the retrospectively declared saintly principles of Ronald Reagan, whose presidential library aptly served as the location for the CNN debate.