Theodore Brita

tbrita1@binghamton.edu

27 Articles


Columns

Mikel Arteta has elevated the Arsenal Football Club this season

It is currently an incredible time to support the Arsenal Football Club. The team from N5 is five points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League and has...


Columns

'30 Rock' offers accurate satire on pop culture

For a good amount of time, the animated comedy television series “The Simpsons” was known as the prognosticator-in-chief in the wide world of TV shows. A quick Google search of “Simpsons predictions”...


Columns

Piecemeal police reform is insufficient

During the summer of 2020, the United States witnessed nation-wide protests against police brutality after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the Minneapolis police. At the time, the potential for change...


Opinions

Elon Musk has destroyed Twitter

Since the completion of Elon Musk’s long-awaited takeover of Twitter in late October, the social media platform has gone through internal turmoil and now faces serious questions about its future. Mere days...


Columns

The Biden administration's drone strike restrictions should be commended

In early October, President Joe Biden signed a classified policy that placed limitations on the use of drone strikes outside areas of active conflict. This policy restored limitations that had been removed...


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Liss Truss' economic agenda will worsen the British economy

On the final day of a Tory Party conference in Birmingham, new U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss railed against an “anti-growth coalition,” which included the Labour Party, environmental advocates, trade unions and...


Columns

Using migrants as political pawns is cruel

Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis flew about 50 asylum seekers to the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard without informing any local or state officials in advance. According to one of the...


Opinions

The 2022-23 season could be the Premier League’s most exciting in years

The 2021-22 season in the Premier League was the first time the league had witnessed a proper title race in some time. Manchester City and Liverpool, two fantastic squads in their own...


Columns

Harm reduction is the best way to combat drug misuse

In the third season of the seminal HBO drama series “The Wire,” Baltimore police Major Howard “Bunny” Colvin allows drug dealers in his district to sell their drugs in certain safe zones...


Columns

NIMBY movement exacerbates housing crisis in Berkeley

Earlier this month, the California Supreme Court chose not to lift a lower-court order to the University of California, Berkeley, ordering the prestigious public university to decrease enrollment by at least 2,500...