I would like to talk about the current conflict that is going on between Israel and militant Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip. We need to end the mindless chanting and fights on social media and realize that neither group is a monolith, that there are innocent people who are being killed. I don’t support one side or the other, instead I think that we need to take a step back and examine the...
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It has been reported recently that Turkey is firing artillery shells into northern Syria in retaliation for the earlier controversial shelling incident. The situation is tense and could potentially lead the way for a Turkish intervention into Syria. On October 3, the BBC reported that “Turkey has renewed firing at targets inside Syria after two women and three children were killed by shelling...
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On Intellectuals and Their Duties in the 21st Century   “It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and to expose lies.” ~Noam Chomsky [1]   Intellectuals have always played a major role in society, from the philosophers of old such Plato and Aristotle who articulated thoughts about government, science, and biology to modern intellectuals such as Noam...
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Colonialism is a word associated with the 19th and 20th centuries, with an outside force (usually European) coming into a country, destroying and uprooting the culture and people, with the main goal being the extraction of resources for the gain of the ‘mother’ country. It is defined as “the  policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it...
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It has been revealed in recent days that the US and Turkey are in fact aiding the Syrian rebels and that the push for intervention is growing. It is important to realize the affects of this not only in Syria, but also for that of Iran and Russia, two of the most prominent and vocal backers of the Assad regime. The Washington Post stated recently that the Syrian rebels “have begun receiving significantly...
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