Noah Fitzgerel

A good friend of mine recently sent me a video detailing the project of a college student and his experiences on New York's subway system. He would ask fellow riders questions that require a bit of deep thought. What was most intriguing about their reactions was their shock when first...

The term "abolitionism" brings to mind historical figures such as Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison and Lucretia Mott. A Google image search retrieves images from the 1830s, illustrating a bygone era.

Slavery is not a subject Americans often talk about anymore. While noble efforts such as the...

Last night when I was lying in bed -- proud of the fact that I had managed to do so at a relatively early time -- I was partaking in my ritual pre-bedtime Facebook perusal when I came across a bombardment of statuses and links all sharing this...

"The portrayal of Muslims as victims or heroes is at best partially accurate."

When Newsweek published this sentence from Ayaan Hirsi Ali's "The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World" on February 6, the publication stooped to a new low. The article that Ms. Ali wrote was...

The following post first appeared as an article in The A-Blast, Annandale High School's award-winning student newspaper.

The Virginia Code is a document of violations. Among them is a violation of students' religious freedom. At public schools across Virginia, students walk by this violation every...

His answers in debates always receive thunderous rounds of applause, he is the most popular candidate among the GOP youth, and he is a fervent libertarian. He's not Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, or Rick Santorum. He is Ron Paul.

Why the big hullabaloo over Rep. Paul? According to

It seems as if the Florida legislature has crossed a dangerous line. When Sen. Gary Siplin (D-Orlando) proposed S.B. 98, not only did he propose to impede on the religious expression of Florida public school students, but also upon the separation between church and state that...

It might seem strange to read, but to a certain extent, it is evident that SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (the PROTECT IP Act) has saved my generation from being portrayed as the paradigm of political disinterest.

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