Destruction of the Liberal Arts Part II

    When I wrote the first Destruction of the Liberal Arts article I did not think it was going to develop into a recurring series.  In the first installment, I wrote about how a student was being verbally assaulted by a professor, and other members of the class, on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 for memorializing the victims.  You can read that article here.  Recently, I | Read More »

    Political Coercion on Campus

    Liberals often pontificate about how we need to raise the level discourse of our political conversations.  They claim they want to get rid of “fiery rhetoric” and stop the demonization of people and polices.  Liberals talk the talk but they do not walk the walk.  As with everything in politics liberals want conservatives to do all the conceding while they continue with business as usual.  | Read More »

    The Costs of Healthcare

    [This article was originally written as my final paper for a Healthcare policy class I took in the fall of 2012. It's the same class I wrote about in my article  Destruction of the Liberal Arts.] In today’s society people seem to be more driven by the wild fluctuations of their emotions and passions.  With being driven by emotion and passion comes the abandonment reason and being about track | Read More »

    Destruction of The Liberal Arts

    [This article appeared in and was the cover article for the September 2012 issue of the Binghamton Review, I did write it.] To put it bluntly, I blame liberals for destroying the liberal arts.  The liberal arts are meant to help facilitate the marketplace of ideas.  They’re meant to be a place where we can have honest discussions about, among other things, philosophy and real world applications | Read More »

    In Memoriam of Andrew Breitbart: We Will Continue the War

    [This article was originally published in the March 2012 issue of the Binghamton Review. With the exception of spelling and grammatical changes the article remains as it was written, by me. Enjoy!] A little past midnight on Thursday March 1st, an idol to me and many others, Andrew Breitbart, passed away.  He was walking home with his Father-in-Law when he collapsed.  Paramedics were called but | Read More »

    Adventures of a College Conservative: My Journey to Here

    Hello Red State Readers! My name is Nicholas C. Fondacaro, but you can call me Nick.  I attend Binghamton University and I am a part of the conservative minority on this liberal campus.  I am a political science major one of the few conservative students in the program.  I am an Associate Editor of our campus’ conservative/libertarian paper, the Binghamton Review.  I am heavily involved | Read More »