Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News As the U.S. leads the world in the number of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, with the number in New York state alone higher than any other country, many are left to wonder where our nation went wrong.  Despite America’s world-class medical technology and aRead More

Like many of my fellow Republicans, I’ve thus far supported President Donald Trump P’00 through gritted teeth. He may be an incendiary and ineffectual charlatan, but when push came to shove, he was a staunch advocate for conservative legislation, foreign policy, and, most important, judicial appointments. I may not likeRead More

Graphic by Senching Hsia/The Choate News It’s easy to focus on everything bad happening in the world. However, it’s important to look out for the remarkable instances of people coming together in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic. On March 14, the empty streets of Italy were filled with musicRead More

Lunar New Year, corresponding to the cycle of the moon, is the most festive holiday of the year in China. The 2020 Lunar New Year will be one of the most memorable holidays for my generation, not because of its festivity but because of the plague that has cast aRead More

General Qasem Soleimani, former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, was a vicious terrorist, heartless mass murderer, and military leader with no respect for human life. He was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans in the Iraq War, re-armed the radical Islamic terrorists Hezbollah near Israel, aided theRead More

Sandy Hook –  Syndey Alleyne ’23 Since the Sandy Hook Massacre, on December 14, 2012, there have been more than 50 more shootings of similar caliber; each one gave our nation yet another reason to improve its gun reform policies and gun safety laws. Still, nearly 12 years later, the parentsRead More

In 2016,  197 countries signed the Paris Agreement, powers across the globe pooling efforts to prevent climate change. However, on November 4, the U.S. government, as initiated by President Donald J. Trump P’00, began its official exit from the Paris Climate Agreement.  The goal of the Paris Agreement is toRead More

On October 25, at a press conference in Brussels, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated that President Donald J. Trump P’00 planned to send troops and armored vehicles to secure oil fields in eastern Syria. Esper also declared that U. S. troops would “maintain a reduced presence in Syria toRead More

After months of criticism from opponents, Elizabeth Warren finally released an outline on how she plans to pay for “Medicare for All,” her ambitious initiative aimed to cover all Americans under public health care without premiums or deductibles. Warren’s main statement within the plan underlined a series of taxes onRead More