Contra-Texan is a new column here at the Orator where contributors write a response to a piece in the Daily Texan. This forum is meant to broaden the dialogue and expose students to unconventional wisdom.
Contra-Texan: A $15 Minimum Wage Would be Devastating for Younger Students
Our Beautiful, Perfect State Legislature
State Representative Buford Rucker of the House Freedom Caucus pens an op-ed educating us about some of the power players in the legislature and the current state of the 86th session.
The Risk of Huawei
Western governments are grappling with choosing between the development opportunities and security risks of a rising Huawei.
World War I in the American Imagination
Despite the tendency of Americans to gloss over World War I, it is honored by nearly ten thousand memorials spanning the United States. How did the “Great War” become so forgotten in the American imagination?
The Un-Islamic Revolution: A Conversation With Professor Michael Craig Hillmann
As an extension of his article “The Islamist Revolution: A Farce in Farsi,” Benjamin Brown asks Michael Hillmann, a professor of Persian literature at UT, to detail some of his experiences in Iran.
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