Evita Duffy-Alfonso

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Two Adelie penguins look to the right in East Antartica.

Opinion

January 25, 2026

Trump's penguin breaks the internet — and sends the left into a frenzy

The White House penguin post connects to a popular TikTok meme where young men see the solitary bird as rejecting conformity for a higher purpose.

Rosary beads cover a photograph of Charlie Kirk at a makeshift memorial.

Opinion

September 20, 2025

Charlie Kirk died for free speech, and universities still have nothing to say

The murder of Charlie Kirk on a university campus exposes academic institutions' silence compared to their extensive statements during the 2020 George Floyd protests.

The app for TikTok on a phone screen with other social media apps

Opinion

January 18, 2025

EVITA DUFFY-ALFONSO: Why my generation is ditching TikTok for another communist app

If the U.S. government truly cared about protecting Americans’ privacy, it would pass robust data privacy laws—not ban a single app.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy

Opinion

December 31, 2024

What is 'America First': People or profits?

The H-1B policy was created to bring the "best and brightest" to America and address labor shortages in specialized fields. On paper, it sounds noble.