D.C. can do better than Jack Evans
Alex Schwartz, Staff Reporter
March 3, 2020
In our nation’s capital, scandals and political comebacks shouldn’t mix any more than they already do. Former city council member Jack Evans nearly made history for being the first D.C council member to be removed from office. At the start of this year, Evans was met with multiple allegations tha...
Beyond the blue and red
Colter Adams, Managing Editor
February 20, 2020
When I decided to attend Conserve School, a one-semester program for environmental leadership, I anticipated that I would gain invaluable skills as a naturalist and environmental activist. However, I never could have guessed in a million years that I would change my entire perspective on politics, and in...
‘Hot Takes’ Episode 3
Colter Adams, Managing Editor
December 9, 2019
In an area as overwhelmingly progressive as Falls Church City, it is often difficult to encounter opposing viewpoints on political issues. It is even rarer for students with different views to engage in respectful, moderated discussions. However, we have found six students- three on the right, three...
‘Hot Takes’ Episode 2
Colter Adams, Managing Editor
December 2, 2019
In an area as overwhelmingly progressive as Falls Church City, it is often difficult to encounter opposing viewpoints on political issues. It is even rarer for students with different views to engage in respectful, moderated discussions. However, we have found six students- three on the right, three...
Vote in the primaries. They’re important.
Elisabeth Synder
June 10, 2019
Right now, the news cycle is consumed with the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Joe Biden entered the third presidential race of his career after much anticipation. Bernie Sanders entered for a second time, already with over 20% of Democratic Party primary voters’ support in all of the poll...
The Lasso breaks down the 2020 Democratic primary
Colter Adams, Sequoia Wyckoff, Evan Jones, Elisabeth Synder, and Sam Mostow
June 5, 2019
The Lasso Politics Team discusses the 2020 Democratic primary, campaign strategy, and picks favorites among the current candidates. ...
The Lasso breaks down the Candidate Forum
Colter Adams, Sequoia Wyckoff, Evan Jones, and Sam Mostow
April 24, 2019
The Lasso Politics Team talks Dick Saslaw, Dominion Energy, and Democratic politics in Falls Church City as they break down the League of Women Voters' Candidate Forum. ...
Top eight political moments of 2018
Colter Adams, Managing Editor
December 27, 2018
Another year of political controversy and convention-breaking, 2018 saw historic losses for Republicans in the midterm elections, offset by the passage and implementation of many of Trump’s most controversial policies. On the world stage, the Trump administration drew criticism from foreign policy e...
The Federal Bureaucracy: imperfect, but indispensible
Colter Adams, Managing Editor
September 24, 2018
The recurrent laryngeal nerve, which supplies motor function to the larynx, is one of the strangest fixtures of human anatomy. Instead of connecting the brain directly to the larynx, it first takes an unnecessary detour around the heart and a major artery. Is the Laryngeal Nerve wasteful? Counter-intu...
Less talking, more doing: Politics in America
Laura Whitaker, Editor-in-Chief
March 24, 2018
Let’s talk about politics. There is a lot to address in recent events; the debate surrounding tighter gun restrictions, the threat of another government shutdown, and the uncertainty of DACA’s future. The list could go on, really, and while these topics are certainly pressing for any American conce...
Words that Spark a Fire
Elisabeth Snyder, Staff Reporter
January 31, 2018
Language and its meaning. Hate is like a forest fire--it starts out as the tiniest spark of a phrase, but, unstopped, it ravages hundreds of lives in a matter of days. Two weeks ago, during an meeting with lawmakers, President Donald Trump referred to Haiti and certain African countries as “s***hole countri...
Why state government matters: Virginia delegates make an impact
James Weichert, Contributor
January 10, 2018
Democrats won big in the 2017 elections this past fall: Ralph Northam was elected governor of Virginia, Phil Murphy flipped the New Jersey governorship from Republican Chris Christie, and Democrat Doug Jones was elected to the US Senate in Alabama, a state that broke for Donald Trump by 28 points...
