Conservative Column: Forgiving student loans is theft
JEREMIAH POFF CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST As the clown show of the 2020 presidential cycle has kicked into gear, Democratic candidates have been in a war of ideas that has essentially turned into a competition of free stuff. This should come as no surprise to any political junkie, as this has been the direction of the Democratic […]
Conservative Column: CPAC: Where Trump’s personality meets Washington, D.C. networking
JEREMIAH POFF CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Most of my previous columns have centered on policy proposals and directives, but this time I wanted to speak a little bit about my own experience in the political world. Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to take the Franciscan University YAF chapter to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference […]
Conservative Column: The great legislative Trojan Horse
JEREMIAH POFF CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Imagine yourself in six years sitting in your home. Perhaps you are married and have a kid. Maybe you’re not quite there yet and you’ve got an apartment in a big city with a couple of roommates. All of the sudden you get a notice in the mail that you have […]
Conservative Column: A nation of borders
JEREMIAH POFF CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST “We either have a country or we don’t; we either have borders or we don’t.” This was President Donald Trump’s rallying cry on the way to his historic election in 2016, and somehow it was controversial. This past week, a caravan of migrants from Central America stormed the U.S. border with […]
Conservative Column: A nation broken, a nation divided
JEREMIAH POFF CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST On June 14, 2017, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise began the day by joining with his colleagues for a practice ahead of the annual congressional baseball game. He ended the day in the hospital, fighting for his life after a former volunteer of the Bernie Sanders campaign opened fire on the […]
Conservative Column: Kavanaugh and leftist fear-mongering
JEREMIAH POFF CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Through tears showcasing an attitude of desperation to save his personal reputation and his family from overtly salacious and uncorroborated allegations of sexual assault, Brett Kavanaugh’s three weeks from hell came to a head last week during a marathon hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. And make no mistake, as was […]
Austria Adventures: The human experience
JEREMIAH POFF AUSTRIA CORRESPONDENT What is the human experience? What does it mean to be human? What is a human life about? These questions have touched the hearts of man for centuries. Earth would be nothing without man. Before you think that I basically inserted an academic essay into the Austria column, I’ll give you […]
Austria Adventures: Parents Week and the Failures of American Exports
JEREMIAH POFF AUSTRIA CORRESPONDENT Dr. Carreño plus fake rabbit ears ruled the day. Don’t ask me how they managed to convince him to participate, but it was a highlight of a fantastic talent show for parents week put on by the always incredibly talented students of Franciscan University. I promise I am not biased (not […]
Austria Adventures: Living in fear is not what God wants
JEREMIAH POFF AUSTRIA CORRESPONDENT On Wednesday, March 22, when an Islamic terrorist drove a car through a crowd on the Westminster Bridge, five people were killed and dozens more injured. Two weeks prior, I and several friends stood in that very spot. We live in a world where there are any number of people intent […]
Austria Adventures: The beauty and importance of Catholic culture
JEREMIAH POFF AUSTRIA CORRESPONDENT They warned us this would happen. We’ve been here a month and it’s safe to say that leaving Gaming at the end of the semester is going to be extremely difficult. It’s time to savor and treasure every moment here because it won’t last forever, like everything in this world. This […]