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Lauren Veldhuizen

Lauren Veldhuizen

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The Futile Fight for Commonsense Liberalism

The Democratic Party has long thrown common sense out the window to appease progressive ideology. In the process, the party poisoned the morale of...

20.07.2026 10

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Lauren Veldhuizen

Condemning Communism Shouldn’t Be This Hard

President Trump condemned communism during his Salute to America 250 Fourth of July celebration speech. The Democratic Socialists’ inability to do...

06.07.2026 10

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Lauren Veldhuizen

The Great Audacity of American Ambition

I spent five months of my academic career in Vienna, Austria. During my time abroad, I visited many places and took home many souvenirs. My favorite...

02.07.2026 10

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Lauren Veldhuizen

‘Is the iPhone Birth Control?’

As someone who grew up with the modern smartphone, I feared that phones were making Gen-Z dumb, antisocial, brain-rot filled robots; are they making...

11.06.2026 20

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The Scourge of ‘Teen Takeovers’

You could argue that part of being a teenager is pushing boundaries; this teaches them what boundaries exist and why. But pushing boundaries does not...

04.06.2026 20

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Lauren veldhuizen