Category: OPINION
God Bless the Genocidal Queen: Britain Honors the First Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s Death
Sarah Dajani ’26 Opinion Editor Queen Elizabeth II’s death brought to the world’s attention “unfinished colonial business.” As the face of a brutal, barbaric, barbarous […]
Free Speech Protection Does Not Enable Online Abuse
Ava Caudle ’25 Opinion Editor “I’ve had tapped phone lines before. What do you fear?” This DM was sent by Billy Raymond Counterman, a man […]
The Republican Presidential Primary is Trump’s to Lose
Kash Jain ’24 Opinion Editor With just over four months left until the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, the contest to decide who will face […]
Perspectives on Bicentennial Weekend from a Student
Olivia Silvey ’25 Editor-in-Chief My job for the Bicentennial Weekend was to come up to Hartford and get a story. Until the very moment that […]
Are We Stuck In a Plutocratic Formal Organization? An Analysis of Trinity’s “FORG” Department
Sarah Dajani ’26 Staff Writer Formal organizations is a peculiar name for a unique minor that is offered at Trinity. What does it study and […]
The Rise of Women and People of Color as Gun Owners
Ava Caudle ’25 Opinion Editor Over the past few years, the demographics of gun ownership in the United States have noticeably shifted. More women and […]
The Illusion of Diversity: Taking a Closer Look at Trinity College’s Lack of Representation On Campus
Rajsi Rana ’26 Staff Writer Trinity, like so many other schools, likes to display the “high value” it places on diversity. The website proudly states,“Trinity […]
Letter From the Editor: A Farewell and Retrospective
Skyler Simpkins ’23 Editor-in-Chief As my time at Trinity and the Tripod comes to an end, I wanted to reflect on the changes made this […]
Peering Into Remote Viewing for Intelligence Use: My Search of Declassified Reports and Personal Experience
Dylann Hanrahan ’25 Staff Writer Many of our parents know remote viewing from an earlier term, ESP (Extra Sensory Perception). Remote viewing is the practice […]
Trial by TikTok: The Dangerous Precedent Set in Depp v. Heard That Could Affect Our Whole Legal System
Paz Daniela Ortiz Santa Maria ’26 Staff Writer TW: Discussions of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, rape, and assault. The Cut writer Claire Lampen authored the […]