Category: Main Editorials
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Biden Falls, Harris Rises: An In-Depth Report
The obvious question on everyone’s mind is clearly, “What the hell is going on?.” Over the last few weeks, political events have unfolded in a magnitude akin to a category five hurricane, and the course America will take has dramatically been affected. All the preconceived notions of political gravity have…
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Political Effectiveness: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Democracy isn’t just a simple passive word in our diction thrown around without any meaning: it holds special significance to millions across the world who see its guiding light to shape their own present and future. Democracy is blind to race, color, and creed: a form of governance forged to create equality…
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State of the Race: J.D. Vance Edition
J.D. Vance, the 39-year-old junior senator from Ohio and self-proclaimed “anti-Trumper” turned loyalist, has been selected as Donald Trump’s running mate. Trump made the announcement yesterday amidst fanfare and a fair share of drama, but who is JD Vance, and what does he represent for Donald Trump? JD Vance’s Beginning…
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Trump Shot
Former President Trump has been shot. Is that where we are as a country? How disgraceful, how shameful that this is where we are. We’ve fallen so far into the pit of partisanship and vitriol that this is now the mainstream: who are we? Are we the United States of…
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NATO’s 75th Anniversary
America has always prided itself on its strategic alliances and devotion to its allies worldwide. In the post-World War II era, America emerged as a hegemon of global power rivaled only by the likes of the Soviet Union. Still, that rivalship fell, too, after the American victory in the Cold…
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Trump Surges: Special State of the Race
A Preface: This article was originally written on Monday, July 8th. Given the editor-in-chief’s dissatisfaction with the quality it was originally released in, this article is a repost with an extension from the Monday article. One hundred nineteen days until national election day here in the United States, and this…
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Media and Politics: Lessons from Garland’s ‘Civil War’
A pertinent force of our national awareness on politics, especially for audiences forming their beliefs, is found at our closest convenience: our screens. A survey conducted by Pew Research Center suggests that an abundance of Americans rely on popular social media sites, ranging from Tiktok to Facebook, to satisfy their…
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4th of July: 2024
Today is a special day for our country: when it declared independence and freedom begun to ring across the land. Independence wasn’t earned on July 4th, what ensued after was an arduous struggle that earned us the right to be independent. Each of us at Bridge of Wills today want…
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America’s health care lacks in times of crisis
Surely you must have heard this story before: some hapless individual happens to get unlucky and injured, but no biggie, our modern medicine can cure them just as quickly. This is, of course, the dream. But for many, the situation is not so simple. Their insult to injury is that…
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Disaster at the Presidential Debate
President Biden and Former President Trump squared off for the highly anticipated Presidential Debate hosted by CNN, and only two words can describe the night: utter disaster. The President of the United States was lambasted for his look of frailness, numerous gaffes, and a sense that he almost seemed lost…