Opinions

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Nathaniel Bodnar ’21 Staff Writer  bodnarnm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Democratically elected senators will likely never be capable of impeaching a president. Before the 17th Amendment’s passage in 1913, the Constitution did not have senators elected by the people; instead, the state legislatures decided. The Senate, which did not report directly to the people, was constitutionally assigned to convict in…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 4, 2020. By: Maryam Javed ‘21 Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated last Friday, November 27, 2020. American and Israeli intelligence believe that Fakhrizadeh was a part of a secret program to create an atomic weapon, which suggests that one of the governments could potentially have a role in the scientist’s death. An American…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Maryam Javed ’21 Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu  COVID-19 cases are rising throughout the United States, and around 10 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in this country. Over 200,000 lives have been claimed by the virus and if proper action is not taken, more deaths will occur.  President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a monumental COVID-19 crisis when he…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Nathaniel Bodnar ’21  Staff Writer bodnarnm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Democrats will now face the problem that Republicans faced in 2016; a party that is primarily centered around being the opposition to those in power and that is not united enough to pass a legislative agenda. During the Obama years, the GOP became the party of “NO” and stalled many parts…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Editor’s note: The article below was originally published on the Neretva blog (https://neretvastream.wordpress.com/) on August 23, 2020, and is reprinted with the author’s permission. By Jovana Jovanovska ’23  Staff Writer  jovanovskaj@mx.lakeforest.edu  “A picture is worth a thousand words”—a thought we all find familiar and we could easily associate with the foundation of Instagram. In today’s world, Instagram…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 2 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on October 16, 2020. Maryam Javed ’21  Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu On March 13, 2020, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was murdered in her own home by three Louisville police department officers. Breonna Taylor was an exceptional EMT, who worked at two hospitals and helped respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. She was a selfless woman and a joy to those around her. The…