President-elect Trump will take office on Friday. A major part of any transition is the confirmation hearings, as people…
Politics
2016 Final Election Seminar Recap
Over the course of the first semester students have been meeting with faculty and others to discuss the election. The im…
Blair Mock Vote Analysis
Blair students, faculty, and staff voted in the Mock Election, held by the History Department, on Tuesday, November 8, 2…
Donald Trump Elected 45th President of The United States
In a surprising upset, we have elected our 45th president: Donald J. Trump. The 2016 election concluded with a decisive …
An Election Determined by Progress
In a recent New York Times article entitled “A Great Fight for Our Times,” the prospect of economic progress in a U.S. m…
World Voices: Frank Bruni on Politics & the Media
Frank Bruni, a world-renowned journalist and writer, spoke to The Oracle recently about a variety of issues, including p…
Looking at Leaving: A Complicated Divorce
[box]A collaborative piece by Caroline Haywood, Janice Negvesky, and Chriss Liu[/box] June 23, 2016 will perhaps be reme…
The Doomsday Bet
This summer Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton accepted their respective parties’ nominations: Trump amid a scandal …
The Debate Floor: Sade Johnson
The New York Times reported in a poll that almost 70% of the American public perceive race relations in America to be po…