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I’m penning my last Week in Viewpoints column on Friday instead of Saturday this time around because, mercifully, I am graduating tomorrow. That being the case, this will be my last day on the job as your Viewpoints editor. I know I’ve said it before, but thank you to all our readers that have supported… Continue reading The (Last) Week in Viewpoints

This Week in Viewpoints: from Ancient Rome to her modern parallel. As usual, I have scrounged up three of the best exemplars of what I’ve been reading this week, for your mental delectation. With the end of the semester fast approaching, every Week in Viewpoints leaves me just a little bit sadder, given that I… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints

This Week in Viewpoints, as we rapidly approach the end of the semester and what is (hopefully) shaping up to be a summer of mask-free frolicking in the park, we once again take a look at the best opinion/non-news journalism that I’ve read this past week. First, an opinion piece from NPR entitled “Doctors Should… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints

I hope the weekend is finding you all well and you aren’t too diminished from burning the midnight oil. Finals week fast approaches, and classes are grinding to an abrupt halt. Nevertheless, the show must go on. This Week in Viewpoints, we take a look at something we all know a little about these days—anxiety—before… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints

This week in Viewpoints, a smattering of contemporary events coverage. Meredith Conroy at FiveThirtyEight takes up the issue of ‘Why Being ‘Anti-Media’ is Now Part of the GOP Identity.’ Declining trust in media has been a phenomenon affecting the American public for decades now. Few public institutions, save perhaps Congress, have a worse reputation with… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints

This Week in Viewpoints, I decided to take aim at people missing the point, or writing themselves into absurd positions by ignoring the obvious. It has long been my opinion that the best journalists are educational generalists with a wide knowledge base and a curiosity that prompts them not just to point out disconnected facts… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints

I trust that this week finds you all well. Spring break is upon us and before I prop my feet up for a relaxing week of working non-stop on my capstone, I deliver humbly to your eyeballs a helping of interesting reads to tide you over until next week. First, we go to Bangladesh where… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints

Well ladies and gents, I’m back after my (unintentional) sabbatical from The Week in Viewpoints last week, but I rechanneled my efforts into finding the most interesting opinion writing on the web for this week. Personally, I prefer longer-form essays, ones with a lot of meat, that tackle a subject both timely and of timeless… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints