Something that struck me as absolutely outrageous (more than other things that I’ve seen this week) was the connection of the roots of the Republican party to the modern Republican party. While it never hurts to be proud of where the party comes from, it is completely unreasonable to claim that the modern-day party stands…

UPDATE looks like an article of convention notes by two of our reporters ran in the Mining Journal! Trump is officially the Republican nominee for President of the United States of America. My first reaction to this news was a feeling of impending doom.

Something that has been on my mind all week is the utter lack of minority representation at the convention. Inside the security perimeter, most black people that you see are working here. I check everyone’s credentials to see what their role here is. Of all the ones that I’ve seen, one hand would be enough…

Our second day at the RNC began once again at the Michigan Delegation Breakfast Session. Michigan Speaker of the House Kevin Cotter addressed the delegation with a report on the state of the state. His moderate, compromising stance was all but booed out by the delegation. To me, this highlighted the increasing radicalization of partisan…

Michigan delegates to the Republican National Convention got fired up for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as he addressed them this morning at their first breakfast meeting. Christie stressed the importance of party unity behind the presumptive nominee, Donald Trump. However, the enthusiasm for Trump was not as strong as expected. The emphasis was placed…

#BlueLivesMatter completely misses the point. And it makes #AllLivesMatter hypocritical. This cartoon says it all. The same people that pioneered the #AllLivesMatter movement are now claiming that #BlueLivesMatter. Do they not understand the irony of this? By claiming that all lives matter, this minimizes the importance of lives that currently need the attention, much like…

I was asked to chaperone a group of youth journalists with 8-18 Media (a youth journalism program in Marquette that I was once a part of) Disclaimer: these blog posts represent my opinion! I plan on writing a post for each day of the RNC journaling my thoughts about the event.