The Journal of Fordham University's Top Thinkers
You open your eyes. Car horns are blaring all around you. Though night, your vision is not impaired, as the glowing lights of marquees and logos light up the city around you. The smell of […]
2020 has been a year without precedent. The COVID-19 pandemic, a historic civil rights movement, and a hotly contested U.S. election are only three of the many occurrences that have made 2020 one of the […]
At the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump made headlines when he refused to accept the presidential salary, instead donating the money to various government agencies (while it is constitutionally required that the president take […]
On January 20th, Joe Biden will become the second Catholic president elected into office. Just 60 years after John F. Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961, Republican acknowledgment of Biden’s Catholic affiliation has been pushed under the […]
With the results of the election leaving millions of Americans unsatisfied, a smaller, yet significant and growing population is entirely unconvinced that Joe Biden is rightfully entitled to the status of president-elect, much less the […]
On December 1, 2020, Barack Obama expressed his distaste for the slogan “Defund the Police”. The former President claimed that the slogan alienates moderate voters and will hurt future police reform legislation. However, substituting poignant […]
The cedar is a rare point of national unity for Lebanon amidst the chaos of constant war, political deadlock, and crises such as mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and Beirut’s recent explosion. It is a […]
Being about 4 weeks after quite a tumultuous election filled with many uncertainties regarding recounts, I wanted to wait a while until I wrote a post-election column. It appears that Joe Biden will be our […]