Brendan Abrams is a liberal arts and engineering studies junior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed in this column do not reflect the viewpoints and editorial coverage of Mustang News. My stereotypical Jewish mother thinks I’m quite good at triathlons (races involving swimming, biking and running, for the uninitiated). She’s wrong. I don’t win […]
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Return to Rationality: Why I defend hate speech
The world is a very complicated place, and the freedom of speech is merely an admission of that fact.
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Milo Yiannopoulos and the horrible, no good, terrible, very bad day
I’m just going to make up my own version of reality, format it, and call it journalism
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Paid parental leave: Not America’s forte
For parents, paid leave guarantees the chance to settle in to their changed life without fear of becoming financially unstable.
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Letter to the Editor: A look into the Washington D.C. Women’s March
“Quite simply, the Women’s March on Washington called to me.”
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My Netflix account predicts the future
Netflix recently released its interpretation of Lemony Snickett’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” but all the frustration and disappointment in that depressing story can’t compare to my New Year’s Eve. I suffered the ultimate blow to a mildly-socially-inept person’s confidence. No, I didn’t embarrass myself at a party or attempt to go in for an […]
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A libertarian foreign policy
… it will help dispel with the fiction that the European brand of socialism is scalable or even successful…
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Letter to the Editor: Think Differently
I say that to impress upon these young Republicans that, if they plan on winning statewide office in California anytime before 2050, they ought to be in the business of rhetorical persuasion.
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The Weekly Bull: New year, same ish
For the first week out of the year, people with New Year’s resolutions are just as bad as vegans.
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Fidelity in the U.S.-Cuba deal
Similar to how Nixon went to China, Obama went to Cuba.