In this thought-provoking analysis, we explore the complex interplay between global compassion and local responses when it comes to housing foreign nationals, particularly refugees and asylum seekers. By examining the ethical imperatives of hospitality, the pragmatic concerns of governance, and the international dimensions of this issue, we uncover the profound challenges faced by nations in balancing their commitments to citizens and the global community. This essay invites us to reflect on the measure of a state's governance in navigating these complexities and striving for a more equitable distribution of responsibilities in an interconnected world.

School counseling programs nationwide have features that differ enough to warrant close evaluation from applicants.

Gentrification has as one of its essential steps the entrance of young white college kids into previously disaffected neighborhoods. White progressives, yet, are the most likely to complain about the plight of the gentrified.

Take a look at any YouTube video of President Joe Biden, and one will see a flurry of hatred. Where is this hatred coming from and why isn’t Google being transparent about it’s source?

Formal credentials are received when higher-education degrees are completed, but they are not the sole factor determining a worker’s experience and utility to employers.

The Intentional Stance is Daniel Dennett’s notion of rational understanding of other minds. The Intentional Stance’s overwhelming absence in political discourse contributes to corrosive misunderstandings.

Noticing that hyperpartisanship is a problem in America is not the same as saying the far-right and far-left are equally bad or bad for the same reasons.

Democratic populism in the past has been a failure, but Pennsylvania senate election winner John Fetterman has provided a better model for future democrats to follow ideally.

Climate change has already begun increasing the frequency and intensity of adverse weather events globally. If this expands, universal basic income could be a feasible option to compensate for job loss.

How can the government actually get the rich to pay taxes fairly? Should they increase income tax rates? The best course of action is closing tax loopholes that can get them around increasing what are already high tax rates.

In 2021, I visited NYC’s Little Island park out of interest, and when I was there, I couldn’t help but think of how much better spent the $260 million price tag could have been. This editorial was inspired by that visit.

Doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced large numbers of patients in all open settings, such as hospitals and urgent care. These patient loads have led doctors to experience compassion fatigue and a discouraging picture of the future of medicine.

Higher education is well-funded, but for the wrong reasons. Funds should be going to professors and students more than administrators, but the reverse is what’s occurring in reality.

Commodus was the son of Roman Emperor and stoic philosopher king Marcus Aurelius, and led Rome as an anti-stoic. Where did his anti-stoic lifestyle come from?

Philosophical zombies are an idea that consists of the conceivability of human copies without experiences existing.

Whether one is a writer, an academic, a scientist, or a doctor: whoever is committed to intellectual honesty knows that it can be a lonely way of existence.

Cannabis is a drug that is used for both medical and recreational purposes and is mostly safe for most people. Cannabis is not a drug that should be screened for employment.

Freelancers do not have a real union. The freelancer’s union is a helpful website with good informational resources on how to fend for yourself as a freelancer. Union benefits for a freelance, like health insurance, are of necessity.

The American Jobs Plan is President Joe Biden’s solution to the economic pitfalls of the COVID-19 pandemic. Without it, many small businesses will perish in America. Ghostwritten for the Baltimore Sun, and used by President Biden in a White Hoise press release.

Human life is finite and we can therefore never live a ‘complete’ life, which is something that is supposedly required in order to be authentic. Authenticity in almost all of its plausible forms, is essentially an illusory ideal we will never live up to.