President

The “us vs them” mentality is harmful to everyone, especially our collective future. It is useless to debate political ideaologies because they are merely charicatures without any true depth or meaning. I am not advocating for avoidance of discussing perspectives, philosophies or experience based beliefs; these can be a great…

Arguably the worst president in U.S. history — When James Buchanan took office in 1857, the United States was on the verge of collapse. Debates over the institution of slavery had driven a wedge between the North and South that could only be removed with the diligent undertakings of a strong, fearless leader. Unfortunately, these words are practically…

This story has been told to me hundreds of times, however it has always been the short form. It is often told something like this: You know, there was a time when Andrew Jackson almost got assassinated. But something went wrong and he beat the guy up for it. That…

When we think back on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, all we can remember are the sex abuse allegations. An intentionally publicized spectacle, the distraction of sexual abuse allegations provided a perfect smoke screen for Brett’s close associations with the Patriot Act and with supreme Bush…

Somalia’s former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected president after a final vote that was only open to the country’s MPs. He defeated the current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo, who has been in office since 2017. The result marks a comeback for Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who served as Somalia’s president between 2012 and 2017 before he was defeated by Mr Farmajo.