Aaron Bondar
abondar1@binghamton.edu
27 Articles
Columns
Hillary Clinton's foreign policy is a major scar on her campaign
As the presidential election draws near, election issues are taking center stage. It is my opinion that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should be the next president of the United States,...
Columns
United States must embrace national unity
Fifteen years ago, as lower Manhattan burned with fear, anger and smoldering wreckage, President George W. Bush stood atop the pile of rubble and told a wounded New York, “The nation sends...
Columns
US patriotism can act as a vehicle for progress
In his address at Selma, Alabama last year, President Obama stood beside the sacred bridge where, 51 years ago, Rep. John Lewis, then a young man, marched with so many others to...
Opinions
US politics at roadblock
A few weeks ago, my friends and I were sitting in a pizza place at 3 a.m. When our order was ready, two of my friends immediately sat down; at the same...
Columns
Happiness: the existential issue
In the fifth season of the television show “Mad Men,” Donald Draper — an adman whose business is shaping and manipulating the imaginings of men and women — exclaims, “what is happiness?...
Columns
Foreign policy can help decide 2016 election
The presidential race in the United States works as a sort of screening process; it helps voters figure out which candidate seems to serve their interests. In this election, Republicans and Democrats...
Columns
Putin's decision to take part in Syrian conflict is misguided
This past week, Russia announced that it would begin bombing Islamic State positions in Syria, bolstering an existing bombing campaign by the United States and its coalition allies that had been targeting...