Over fifty years ago, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy rose to prominence after claiming he had an extensive list of “members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring” that were working for the US State Department. Though McCarthy’s accusations were largely unfounded, our country became paranoid that foreign entities had infiltrated the highest […]
Read more "The Kremlin President"Last Sunday, Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad managed to drive out Daesh (Islamic State) forces from the ancient city of Palmyra this past weekend with the help of Russian air support, nearly a year after it fell to the self-proclaimed caliphate. This defeat is the latest in a string of losses that the Daesh has suffered […]
Read more "Month of Terror"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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