What seemed to be the impossible just happened. Donald J. Trump has been elected President of the United States. During this long and gruesome election cycle, we were told this could never happen. We were told his candidacy was a joke. We were told he could never win even the primaries. We were told that...
The Cornell Republicans announced that they plan to make an announcement regarding a presidential endorsement later this week. In response, the Cornell Daily Sun published an editorial titled “Cornell Republicans Must Renounce Donald Trump.” According to the Sun, Trump’s candidacy “poses an imminent threat to the values of our country and our campus” and is...
The following is an guest editorial submitted by a reader. Hillary Rodham Clinton } } In the Court of v. } } Public Opinion National Rifle Association } During Tuesday night’s democrat primary presidential candidate debate, former Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton said: “I think that we have to...
Drum roll, please. 1. Hillary Clinton: $3,950 2. Bernie Sanders: $2,210 3. Rand Paul: $705 These are the three candidates to whom Cornell professors, administrators, grad students, and undergraduate students have donated. Note that this is publicly available data from the Federal Election Commission, and doesn’t include donations that might have been made to political...
Bush vs. Clinton. There is nothing the American people are looking forward to the most than to avoid this lineup for the 2016 presidential election. Not only would the nomination of both these dynastic candidates speak very badly about the current state of American democracy and political leadership, but also each of them as individual...