Nathan Gibson, Editor-in-Chief of Carolina Review, has written a letter to update readers on recent events and developments within the publication. He expresses gratitude for their support and shares exciting news about upcoming events on campus, including talks by John Hardister and former Vice President Mike Pence. Gibson also mentions…
Written by Caroline Yaffa UNC students uncovered a violation of campaign finance law at a polling site ongoing since Friday, October 21. The video taken on Monday, October 24 confirmed allegations of campaign misconduct against a local PAC. The video was taken on Monday afternoon outside of the Durham Main…
Dear Readers, The long expected and well overdue day has finally come. Chapel Hill is unmasked. The longest “two weeks” of our lives are over. Although by the time I arrived at Chapel Hill the worst of Covid-19 had already passed by, I was doubtful that the pandemic policies of…
In the United States, one often hears the following rejoinder from a certain brand of center-right politician: “government should be run like a business.” Typically this just means that elected officials should be more hawk-eyed in the quest to cut waste and make government run more efficiently. It could also…
Politics is by its very nature irrational. The absurdities we all see cannot be explained by mere ignorance or differing values. Ignorance does not explain the passion and vitriol — after all, few people are highly emotional about advanced calculus; it also doesn’t explain the persistence of beliefs in the…
By: Elijah Parish To paraphrase the entire philosophy of Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci: the ruling class can’t meme. In a bit more depth, he viewed intellectual movements as being split between ruling intellectuals who perpetuate the regime and organic intellectuals who arise naturally to challenge the status quo. Ruling intellectuals…
