Archive for the ‘Jesse-Justin Cuevas’ Category:
CUEVAS: Theatrical Redemption
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Independent
In light of The Hurt Locker’s success at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Cuevas reflects upon popular culture’s portrayal of war.
CUEVAS: A Force to be Reckoned With
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Independent
The power of the editorial is assessed by Jesse-Justin Cuevas, a recent college graduate and aspiring journalist.
CUEVAS: Justice on Trial
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Independent
Trying Khaled Sheikh Mohammed in a criminal court would send a clear message of pride and certainty to the rest of the world – a distinguished belief in our system and our country’s dependence on and commitment to due process. Certainly 9/11 was an act of war rather than a “mere” felony, but that does not legitimize the subversion of one of the pillars supporting this government. Instead of subverting due process, we should sublimate it.
CUEVAS: Whose Will Is It Anyway?
Jesse-Justin Cuevas explores the questions left over J.D. Salinger’s estate. Will there be another ‘Catcher’ or will Salinger rest in peace?
CUEVAS: Separate Isn’t Equal
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Liberal
Theodore Olson and David Boies are challenging Proposition 8 as a civil rights issue in front of the Supreme Court in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, and they aren’t saying anything new. Or so they say.
CUEVAS: French Dressing
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Liberal
What is this clamping down on Islam really about? Do such policies show an honest concern for religious freedom from coercion and the separation of church and state? Are such laws a western attempt at “saving” women who “don’t know their best interest”? Or is France perhaps trying to make everyone more French by stripping citizens of every other identity the way that America whitewashed blacks decades ago?
CUEVAS: America the Despot?
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Liberal
When Alexis de Tocqueville visited the United States in 1830 he found a profound fascination with American politics. Following his visit, he wrote Democracy in America’s first volume. In it, Tocqueville reveres the American system for its positive valuation of participation that manifests in the practice of townships and municipal institutions.
CUEVAS: The Elephant in the City
by Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Liberal
Approximately 100 miles northeast of the Louisiana border, on the Mississippi side of Interstate 59, there is a trailer graveyard that spooks like Hemingway’s white elephant hills. What looked like thousands of empty white trailers lay abandoned not far from the asphalt. Metal tombs replace cement in this cemetery.
CUEVAS: Contraception, A Forgotten Element of Choice
The abortion debate often leaves out one of the most important elements
CUEVAS: In the (Economic) Interest of Sustainability
New York politicians look to move in the proper direction – finally.
Cuevas: Gender Neutrality, an Oxymoron
In her debut column, Jesse-Justin Cuevas explores the complexities within the concept of “gender neutrality” as its used to incorporate all gender identities.