The Journal of Fordham University's Top Thinkers
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 […]
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 […]
On September 8th, 1974, newly-appointed President Gerald Ford pardoned his defamed predecessor, Richard Nixon, for “any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office.” Nixon had resigned just a month earlier to […]
In yet another move to dismantle standing U.S. Foreign Policy measures, President Trump has backed out of a treaty designed to keep us out of nuclear war and scrapped a pair of surveillance aircraft. The […]
Well, it’s over. Donald Trump has finally said that, if the Electoral College votes Joseph Biden to the presidency, he will leave the White House. The transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden has officially […]
On November 3, the state of Oregon voted on an important decision: in addition to voting for Joe Biden, the state elected to decriminalize all drugs and contribute funding to more addiction recovery centers. This […]