Alexander Noel Tokarev is studying Sport Management at Northwood University. A student-athlete from Midland, Michigan, Noel has authored many thought-provoking pieces for Students in Defense of Freedom, an annual collection of student essays
The eyes of the world are focused on the White House where President Donald Trump’s return is a harbinger of very significant and consequential changes in America’s international trade policies. The President of the United States demanded major economic and political concessions from China, Mexico, Canada, and the European Union which, if not satisfied promptly,...
By Noel Tokarev, Konner Lauria and John Michelotti During the 2024 Politics, Philosophy, and Economics League Competition at Ottawa University in Kansas, we were asked to evaluate a proposal to replace the paper dollar (and our coins) with a digital currency. It was part of a competition where contestants had to approach their evaluations from...
Wasn’t the Constitution written for a different time? Does that not require that we update it in accordance with our current needs? Should we sit idle while it protects hateful, racist, sexist, nationalist, and right-wing extremists? Do I have your undivided attention? Before you heap praises on democracy, consider that under it, any one of...