Riley Schenck

October 24, 2011

Gun Control Policies Propagate Violence, Calamity

By Riley Schenck

Two weeks ago, on Oct. 12, a man by the name of Scott Evans Dekraai killed eight people in a bloody massacre at the hair salon where his ex-wife worked in Seal Beach, California. Apparently, Dekraai snapped over a child ...

October 11, 2011

Media Wrongly Portrays ‘Occupy’ Protests As Aimless

By Riley Schenck

“We are the 99 percent.” As you may or may not know, for almost a month now there have been thousands of people occupying a park near Wall Street in New York City as part of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Thi...

October 3, 2011

Ronald McDonald: The Deadliest Clown in America

By Riley Schenck

Think about this next time you sink your teeth into some deliciously fattening Mickey D’s: Medical school researchers at Harvard University estimate that artificial trans fats cause up to 228,000 heart attacks annually...

September 22, 2011

Democracy Suffers at Hands of Modern Media

By Riley Schenck

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the circus! Two eternal enemies in a desperate struggle to the death! So entrenched in their hatred for each other, each would rather have its own eye sockets gruesomel...

May 4, 2011

Patriotism Shows Different Colors From the Outside Looking In

By Riley Schenck

When I heard the news of Bin-Laden’s death early Monday morning Spanish time, I felt what most Americans probably felt at the news: excitement and relief, knowing that justice had been served to a man who had taken...