By Matthew Rosen With the midterm elections coming up, you might be wondering how to keep track of the most competitive races and make solid predictions. Because there are 470 congressional races to follow, you may feel like it is impossible to follow along. Fear not, I have done the work for you! During the past week, I have researched and broken down the important races into categories so you can know which races…
Who Really Runs Our Legislature?
By Christie Hansen ‘Here’s a story about a man named Fred, whose prescribed pharma nearly left the man dead.’ This is a simple example of the protective shield provided to the pharmaceutical industry courtesy of the NY Legislature, and how our legislators are all bought and paid for courtesy of the “health” industry. In recent years it has become increasingly apparent, the extent of abuses that have occurred around big pharma, the legal system, and…
Dirty Harry, The Ultimate Centrist
By John Restuccia Dirty Harry is one of the most iconic movie of the 70s, and how could it not be?! The movie came out in 1971, a time in American history where tensions were hitting their peak and our country was becoming divided. The decade before began with the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, the declaration of the Vietnam war after the Gulf of Tonkin, and the rise of crime in America. Vietnam…
Your Monthly Life Skill: Changing a Flat Tire
By Jonathon Mecomber The car: if there’s one thing that’s more American than sugar, fast food, or baseball, then it would probably be the car. Yes, when we aren’t stuck in traffic, we Americans are deeply in love with our vehicles. Whether we own them for business or for pleasure, our auto addiction certainly isn’t showing any signs of going away anytime soon. Despite our infatuation with these heavy pieces of steel, glass, and rubber,…
Maintain the Crucial US-Saudi Alliance
By Matthew Rosen Mason Carteri, one of my fellow Binghamton Review writers, has written an article this week criticizing the alliance between the US and Saudi Arabia, calling for its end. Similar to GOP senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, he believes that we should withdraw from our alliance with Saudi Arabia due to their brutal dictatorship, their opposition to freedom, and of course, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. For those of you who don’t…
Terminate the Abysmal US-Saudi Alliance
By Mason Carteri The recent disappearance and suspected execution of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian Consulate of Istanbul is simply one more tally on the desert nation’s long list of tyrannical abuses of power and violations of human rights. Reports from the Wall Street Journal indicate that the journalist was murdered by Saudi agents soon after entering the Consulate. Khashoggi served as an unofficial voice of the Saud dynasty for…
America Re-Calibrated
By Bob Kingsley Finally, the US Supreme Court has been re-calibrated to accurately and properly reflect the values, traditions and true character of America. The United States “Court of Last Resort” has for too long been the tool of liberal ideologies conjuring credence in agendas not reflecting the will of the people, and has instead sought the friendly confines of sympathetic, left-leaning courts, circumventing the legislative process by judicial fiat. Failure of our schools to…
Abandoned Housing, Abandoned People
By Jordan Jardine There is an overlooked epidemic in this country, and it has nothing to do with physical or mental diseases. It has to do with people being denied shelter, a basic human right. What is this epidemic? Abandoned homes and properties somehow exist simultaneously with a growing homeless population. The first problem to address is vacant homes (abandoned, rented, vacation homes, etc.). As of 2016, according to census data, there are at least…
Six Epic Halloween Costumes
By Our Staff It’s the time of year where crazy drunk college kids can lose themselves in the garb of someone else (and not just for your crossdressing folks, either.) If you’re out of ideas for this year’s spooktacular evening of tricks and treats, not to worry! Your friends at Binghamton Review have you covered with ideas that are sure to make you stand out at your Halloween party. Keep on reading and choose your…
MAGA – Muslim And Going Armed
By Faisal Garand “You’re only good dead.” “I hate you.” “I can’t wait for you to be placed in a camp.” “Someday we’ll get you.” “I’ll kill you first.” These are things my fellow Americans say to me. But why? Did I strangle a baby? Did I sell secrets to North Korea? Did I burn 2,000 puppies alive in a shipping container? No, nothing like that. My great sin? Being a Muslim. These are just…
Correcting Woodrow Wilson
By Matthew Rosen The United States has had its fair share of mistakes throughout its history. While most of these mistakes are pretty well known, some of the United States policies that I believe were huge mistakes are overlooked. As it turns out, all of these policies were enacted under President Woodrow Wilson. So instead of analyzing a current event, I want to bring attention to these policies that have still not been repealed. 17th…
The Literal Solution to Global Poverty
By Patrick McAuliffe The World Bank reports that in 2015, 736 million people around the world live on less than $1.90 per day. This is about ten percent of the global population, and the lowest number on record. Still, that’s almost twice the population of the entire United States and a gargantuan number of extremely poor people. How would you go about getting them out of poverty? The United Nations has its own ideas for…
Stop Pretending to Care About Dead Kids
By Sarah Waters Warren Fitzgerald High. William Dick K–8 School. McNair High. Montgomery High. Roslindale Middle School. Gibbs High. Luther High. Dunbar High. Jim Hill High. Automotive High. What do these schools have in common? They have all experienced a school stabbing since the start of the 2018-19 school year. 10 schools, 10 stabbings. As of September 24th, a child has been stabbed at school in America once every two days since the beginning of…
Relax, Unwind, and Have a Cigar
By John Restuccia The first thing that should be known about me is that I am a transfer student from a small Catholic Franciscan school in the middle of nowhere. When transferring to Binghamton University, the thing that stood out to me the most was the lack of smoking on campus. No one was smoking cigarettes, cigars, or chewing. I do consider myself a smoker; I enjoy cigars on a frequent basis. Where I work,…
Can the FDA Pass the JUUL?
By Kayla Jimenez The first time I saw someone using a JUUL was almost two years ago. I was sitting in a group study room at Bartle when a friend of mine pulled out this strange flash drive looking thing and starting vaping. Suddenly, I started seeing people across campus JUULing left and right: in the Marketplace, in line at Dunkin, on the blue buses, in class… by the end of 2017, I didn’t even…