What in the World

War is an unsteady thing. Tides turn, allies are lost, and the opposing side frequently gains and then loses ground. As the Ukrainian war hits the one-year mark, we can see this throughout the war’s history. The small country of Ukraine was supposed to stand no chance against Russia with or without aid from other countries. But as we see one year later, their war is going successfully for Ukraine, and Ukraine is gaining ground back from the Russians. However there’s been a recent twist in the Russia- Ukraine battle, Russia has recently asked China for military aid, and china responded in the affirmative. We will be exploring how this will affect the war in Ukraine through three points: how the war is currently going, the specifics of the deal between China and Russia, and lastly, how this would impact the tides of the war.   Currently, the war in Ukraine is going in, surprisingly, Ukraine's favor, all of the aid that Ukraine received from numerous countries has severely impacted th...

  Martin Luther King Junior said “Israel must exist and has the right to exist, it is one of the great outposts of democracy in the world.” Certainly it is hopeful that it stays that way, but it might not. The topic I decided to inform you about on this particularly fine, cold, and damp morning is on democracy. And Israel. The question is one I've come across quite a bit really, but it is probably best phrased by 4x time high school and collegiate extemp finalist and academic all-american Logan Scisco. Are Israel's proposed legal reforms a significant threat to the nation’s democracy? The answer to this is quite simply yes, because of the power shifted away from the supreme court and to the Knesset, essentially the Israeli senate.   To fully understand this answer I’ll break it down to three points for you today: First; Israeli legislations both current and proposed, Second the concerns for democracy, and finally the impact that this will bring. Well start out by explorin...