I find a successful Obama Supreme Court appointment so necessary not because I’m a stern constitutionalist, but because the front-runners Trump and Cruz, who are using their influences to drag the Republican party further into extremism and absurdity, could get to make the decision instead.

Despite the increasing threat of cyberattack over the past decade, the United States as a whole seems to have treated cybersecurity as an afterthought. Serious security breaches such as the attack on the Office of Personnel Management in 2014 have affected the government, businesses, and individuals alike with the theft of terabytes worth of valuable information.

Although Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump had blowout wins in last Tuesday’s New Hampshire Primary, winning 60.4% and 35.3% of their respective parties’ votes, Ohio Governor, John Kasich, also walked away from the night feeling victorious after placing second with 15.8% of the vote. Kasich’s bet-it-all strategy in New Hampshire included more than 100 town halls since…

With his recent-record tying sixth Australian Open victory, Novak Djokovic finds himself securely in the pantheon of tennis greats. He now has won 11 grand slam titles since his first in 2008. Last year, he won 3 of the 4 Grand Slam titles. He’s made 5 straight Grand Slam finals. He reached the finals of…

We’re not saying goodbye to the impossible woman quite yet, but the makers of Barbie have taken a step in the right direction with a new range of dolls who are more than thin, blonde, and white.

Last Monday, January 25, the Supreme Court ruled that teenagers given life sentences for murder must be given the opportunity to argue for their release. This most recent decision expanded upon the court’s 2012 ruling that said life sentences without parole (for juveniles) must be used retroactively. Now, close to 1,500 teenagers have an opportunity…

They beep. They ring. They buzz. It is a wonder we can resist these ever so tempting devices at all! With the siren song crooning from our back pockets, it can be hard to focus on our immediate reality instead of the infinite digital world available on our phones.

How dangerous is the internet? On Wednesday, December 2, Jesse Weinberger presented a scary yet powerful case against using the internet heedlessly. She showed us a wide variety of evidence that proves internet is full of danger, utilizing what some have described as “confrontational scare tactics.”

As terrorists remain active, governments continue to blindly push for insecure encryption. The terrorist attacks in Paris couldn’t have come at a worse time for Internet privacy advocates. Shortly after the attacks, anti-encryption proponents in the United States redoubled their efforts. They used the same argument as always. Encryption threatens the safety of the U.S. by…

Every so often, if one is so lucky, he or she might experience a moment that reaffirms a belief in the essential goodness of all people, deep down. These moments constitute the best of life and of people, and we should all seek them out. Recently, I have been fortunate enough to experience such a…