2014 In Review

Boy, what a year has it been. From the rise of the Islamic State, to landing a spacecraft on a comet for the first time in human history, there have been stories that instilled hope in me for the future and others that made the destruction of humanity seem inevitable.  Here are the stories that […]

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Russian Intervention in the Ukraine

What started off as anti-government protests have escalated into a foreign occupation. Earlier last week, unidentified gunmen took over various government buildings in the southern part of Ukraine known as Crimea. Once the gunmen established control of these buildings, they quickly raised the Russian flag. This comes after a majority of members of the president’s […]

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Crisis in Ukraine

Spontaneous protests erupted in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev the night of November 21st after Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych decided to reject a free trade deal with the European Union that would have brought the Ukraine one step closer to European integration. The rejection of the free trade deal coupled with crippling unemployment and government corruption that […]

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