The Smart Ass

Jack Galloway

“Gas is $5.55 man. It’ll cost me 60 bucks just to fill up.” Those were the words of my friend when I called to invite him to Berkeley last Sunday. He then began to groan about President Biden driving up gas prices – he loves to complain to me about “my President.” I took it in stride, laughed it off, and offered to pay for half his gas.

Tanner kenin

As a politically naive 14 year old, I remember watching these ads trying to understand what was being said. I vividly remember seeing the host from The Apprentice, that show I would watch with my grandfather late at night when nothing else was on, urging me, the viewer, to vote for him. I recall him pledging “I will make America great again.” This sentence has confused me for the past five years.

omar kayal

Florida’s new “Parental Rights in Education Act”, or as critics call it the “Dont Say Gay” bill, is the new battle conservatives have started out of nothing in our culture war. Not only is this bill damaging for the LGBT youth in Florida, but it is also a terrifying illustration of the implications that this wider culture war has on Americans.

ARyan deorah

Do you know what it feels like to be somewhere before a tsunami hits? First a siren blares louder than any alarm you’ve ever heard, and then you spot the crest of the first wave coming towards you. As it approaches the horizon and time slows down, it gets bigger and bigger before it finally hits, destroying everything in its path.

neel barania

With Democratic failures to secure a single chamber in multiple swing states, including Texas, North Carolina, and Michigan, during the 2020 elections, many predicted that the Democrats would lose their majority in the House of Representatives solely as a result of Republican gerrymandering. However, by the end of the process, the mainstream consensus appears to have drastically shifted.