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Opinions & Editorials
·April 11, 2025

Musk’s big Wisconsin election mistake

The opinions expressed in The Lawrentian are those of the students, faculty and community members who wrote them. The Lawrentian does not endorse any...
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zhoud·
Opinions & Editorials
·February 7, 2025

On “Blood Diamond”’s refreshing sincerity

“Peace Corps types only stay long enough to realize they’re not helping anyone. Government wants to stay in power until they’ve stolen enough to go into exile somewhere else. And the rebels, they’re not sure they want to take over; otherwise, they’d have to govern this mess,”...
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zhoud·
Opinions & Editorials
·January 17, 2025

Steve Forbes really thinks the U.S. will get Greenland

“Here’s the way for President Trump to get Greenland!” Steve Forbes exclaims, before generic, cheery corporate music plays over the Forbes founder and editor-in-chief’s policy commentary video....
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Dean Zhou·
Opinions & Editorials
·October 11, 2024

Undue praise: a “New York Times” blunder

Yet again, good conscience has forced my hand regarding another mainstream journalist pillar falling for the avoidable. Apparently, the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah...
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Dean Zhou·
Opinions & Editorials
·April 26, 2024

NPR: another trusted news source starts to tilt

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Dean Zhou·
Opinions & Editorials
·February 21, 2025

The brilliance of “Paradise Now”

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is easily one of the most contentious subjects out there for many. The questions of resistance and terrorism, the harm of noncombatants and the factors that led to the incessant fighting have always been deeply argued about....
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Dean Zhou·
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·January 31, 2025

Tyler Perry’s new war movie is garbage

Disrespectful AI-generated nonsense: that is the nicest way I could describe Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight.” ....
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zhoud·
Opinions & Editorials
·October 26, 2024

“Megalopolis”: Francis Coppola’s Ayn Rand-esque failure

The best way to summarize Francis Ford Coppola’s two-hour, 13-minute and 18-second-long golden-tinted outdated turd of $120 million is by simply saying “It’s just ‘Atlas Shrugged.’” ...
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Dean Zhou·
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·September 27, 2024

The problem with Ubisoft and the new “Assassins’ Creed”

It seems that incompetent developers, “narrative consulting firms” and glassy-eyed journalists go hand-in-hand for yet another...
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zhoud·
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·April 5, 2024

The next big government threat is … gamers?

On March 9, The Intercept, followed by several gaming news outlets, reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Canadian government are working on a new initiative with Roblox, Discord and other gaming/streaming bodies to “tackle extremism.”
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