Venezuela has been in the midst of a severe political and economic crisis for several years, made more complicated by an ongoing leadership conflict between Nicolas Maduro, who won a heavily disputed election in 2018, and Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed himself president in 2019 using a constitutional provision. We should (and can!) intervene in their situation, at least for now. The Venezuelan Human Rights Watch reported "credible allegations of...

Vladimir Lenin once said “One person with a gun can control 100 people without one.”  Now picture this: You're standing in line at a bank waiting to cash a check when someone with a gun walks in and says, “Everyone, lay on the floor.” Naturally, everyone lays on the floor. Now picture this: 15 people in the bank are carrying guns. They're not looking for trouble; they just have a gun just in case. So the guy walks in and says, “Everyone,...

The US should become involved with the Ukraine conflict. In the past, in situations like these, we got involved. If we help Ukraine by sending troops, we may escalate the War. However, we also joined NATO for the reason of defending other countries. By doing so we have a moral obligation to help out Ukraine. - Nathan Bernhard Although the US can't do very much about a war going on all the way around the globe, that doesn't mean there's nothing...