Category: Opinion

I’m often asked what first piqued my interest in astronomy and space travel. I’ll normally answer something about the beauty of nature or the wonder of exploration, but, deep down, I know the answer is Christa McAuliffe.  My dad skipped class to watch the Challenger Space Shuttle launch from the small box television in his apartment on Jan. 28, 1986. […]

President Biden’s vaccine mandate is a violation of personal health rights. President Biden released a statement on Thursday saying businesses with over 100 employees must ensure their workplace is fully vaccinated. If individuals refuse to get the shot, then they must submit themselves to weekly COVID-19 testing.   Biden then took this a step further and said that businesses that refuse […]

I was homeschooled most my life. From kindergarten through eighth grade, I used curriculum at home or attended weekly co-ops for my schooling.  As a homeschooler, I was perplexed by the idea of kids being in school for over eight hours a day, just to leave and do more homework at home. I completed my courses, which included math, science, history, […]

After more than a month’s delay, Kanye West released his 10th studio album, “Donda”, on Aug. 29. A nearly two-hour follow-up to his short wavemaker “JESUS IS KING” (2019), this effort finds West addressing topics such as his unofficial divorce from Kim Kardashian, his mother’s impact on his life and his reliance on God. The album is simple musically, which […]

The Supreme Court ruled recently that the Biden administration must reinstate Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), otherwise known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. This was a policy passed under the Trump administration. The political world again saw humanitarian efforts and strong foreign policy pitted against each other. In theory, the “Remain in Mexico” policy is strong and consistent. In reality, […]

In a world becoming ever more instantaneous and on demand, astrophysicists may be the final hold out in humanity’s battle against impatience.  Forget same day delivery or even same decade delivery – NASA, alongside the European Space Agency, have set in motion a plan to land Martian rock samples back on earth with an earliest arrival date of 2031. If […]

What would you do to ensure you had clean water to drink? People in Minnesota ask themselves this question every day. Now, they are working to ensure their continued access to clean water by protesting the installation of the new Line 3 pipeline by Canadian pipeline and gas company Enbridge. The original Line 3 pipeline was constructed in 1961. The […]

The Line 3 Pipeline is a controversial public works project in northern Minnesota that would replace a crumbling oil pipeline built in the 1960s. Protestors are calling this a human atrocity and a climate change nightmare. In actuality, Line 3 is meant to prevent another Keystone or spill within the Gulf of Mexico.  Environmentalists like to point the finger of […]

The current conflict in Afghanistan has consumed the news, social media and casual conversations. Over the last two weeks, a nearly endless stream of information on the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has flooded the media. Everything from the safety of women and children to interviews with the Taliban themselves has been covered.  One area receiving less coverage is […]

America is in the middle of an identity crisis. We are bound to a web of contradictions. We support women’s rights, but don’t believe in gender. We promote pornography, yet speak out against sexual abuse. We want to save the starving children, yet have aborted over 60 million. We want to defund the police while simultaneously wanting guns to be […]

Enneagram culture at Liberty University runs strong. Many people casually add it to their social media profiles and dive deep in enneagram guides. Others don’t believe in it at all. According to The Enneagram Institute, the enneagram is a tool to help individuals learn more about themselves. “At its core, the enneagram helps us to see ourselves at a deeper, […]

Last Tuesday, Pluto-lovers and most children who went to elementary school before 2006 grieved on the 15th anniversary of the greatest tragedy in astronomical history: the demotion of Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted on Aug. 24, 2006, to accept a definition of “planet” that had three criteria:  A planet must orbit the […]

As college students at Liberty University are wrapping up their classes and anticipating the upcoming summer break, questions regarding the fall semester are beginning to rise. The most prominent one is: what does the reopening of the school in the fall look like? Liberty University has officially announced that the campus will be returning back to normal in the upcoming […]

Astronauts have a strange way of impacting our world by leaving it. An image taken on July 21, 1969 shows nearly all humanity has ever experienced – the blue and white, half-illuminated Earth, its desolate and cratered moon and the silver and black Lunar Module Eagle containing the men who just stepped foot on the moon’s surface. In the corner […]