Category: OPINION
Tripod Editorial: On the Politics of Confirmation
There is, yet again, a fallacious line of reasoning in Washington which seems to suggest that any one individual or party can act to safeguard […]
Tripod Editorial: On Administrative Comment
The Tripod holds a responsibility to provide the student body and greater Trinity community with information that they may not be able to obtain elsewhere. […]
President Trump, Despite Objections, Can Fill the Supreme Court Seat
Kip Lynch ’22 News Editor Although you will rarely hear a Republican praise Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her decisions while an Associate Justice of the […]
The Republicans Cannot Repeat Hypocrisy in 2020
Mimi Milligan ’24 Contributing Writer The United States truly suffered a devastating loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg over the weekend. Even the notoriously uncouth […]
Infectious Disease Discrimination and the Coronavirus
Skyler Simpkins ’23 Opinion Editor When all other options fail, acupuncture is often recommended for those suffering unbearable neuropathy. My father, who was diagnosed with […]
The Quarantine Diaries: What Needs to Change
Liz Foster ’22 Managing Editor Hey, it’s me. I’m in quarantine, remember? Yeah. So here we are. As I enter into my second week of […]
Letter to the Editor: Register to Vote on National Voter Registration Day
To the Editor: Does a 50 year old voter have the same ideas and opinions as a 20 year old college student? Definitely not! If […]
Tripod Editorial: Remembering Justice Ginsburg
Few acts are so solemn as to eulogize those who pass from among the living. While Justice Ginsburg may not have attended Trinity, she was […]
The Uneducated Redneck: Corporations and Local Government Stymie Education for Rural Americans
Skyler Simpkins ’23 Opinion Editor When you think of hell, what comes to mind? Perhaps the biblical landscape of a fiery, inescapable prison or, maybe, […]
Quarantine: Ramblings from the First Day of Isolation
Liz Foster ’22 Managing Editor Prior to my return to school, I often mused with my friends that a COVID-19 outbreak was inevitable. At the […]