In my classes, I like making students ponder the pros and cons of knowledge. We talk about Plato’s parable, in which people imprisoned in a cave mistake shadows projected on a wall for reality.
Posts published in “Opinion”
For someone who writes a weekly column, I (admittedly) don’t read very much as far as news and blogs go. I wish I did, and I know it’s taken a toll on my stylistic growth (or lack thereof).
I’m not really the type of person who doodles during class. I’m more of the pen-tapper, knuckle-breaker, glancing-at-the-clock-every-five-minutes type of person.
During my time as President, a series of negative opinion pieces were published about me by a Mr. Mark Krupinski. Although I felt they were unfair, both my Cabinet and I held our tongues in an attempt to “be the bigger person.”
Joseph Dolan explores the Green New Deal.
As opposed to a lot of Stevens students, I’m not from New Jersey. My home is New York, and I grew up frequently visiting Manhattan.
Democrats: The 1930s called and they want their policies back.
The darling of the Democratic Party, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Ed Markey introduced a resolution for a “Green New Deal” in the House and Senate, respectively.
Like many of my peers, I assumed that my second semester in my senior year here would be much like the one I had in high school: no stress, no worries, just chilling and living my best life.
Science fiction has often warned us about cyborg warriors, mainstream journalism not so much. But several recent articles have focused on this potential peril, including one in The Atlantic titled “The Pentagon Wants to Weaponize the Brain.”
With the Oscars just under two weeks away and the Golden Globes having passed just about a month ago, I felt the need to revisit the winners and nominees of the latter in preparation and anticipation of the former.