Media...and Politics

       This week, former Olympian and reality television star, Caitlyn Jenner, announced that she is going to run for governor of California. This got me thinking about celebrities in politics. I did some research to see, historically, how they fared in elections.  Of course, we know how it ended for Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan.     Arnold Schwarzenegger ran and won the race for governor of California in 2003.   Cynthia Nixon of "Sex and the City" ran for governor of New York in 2018, but lost to Andrew Cuomo.  Roseanne Barr ran for president in 2012 and lost. Al Franken, who was a writer for Saturday Night Live, ran for U.S. Senate in 2008 in Minnesota and won. He also got reelected in 2014. While these are just a few examples, I was glad to see that in browsing celebrity websites for information, it seems that most celebrities who run do not just win because they are famous already. Although, it doesn't hurt. My worry is that attention from the media raises the famil

  The past couple of weeks, the news media, politicians, and social media users have brought the conversation about guns and the 2nd amendment back to the forefront. This is due to multiple mass shootings that have happened in the country recently. It seems like this happens every year, or every couple of years. One or two mass shootings happen in America, for a few weeks politicians argue over gun rights and regulations, and then nothing really happens. However, this time, President Biden is planning to enact measures through the act of an executive order, which does not need approval from members of Congress. The administration has listed proposals for what they will bring to the table. But will this really change anything? I am worried that no matter the gun control law put in place, mass shootings will continue to happen. The recent mass shooters obtained their guns legally. Perhaps the conversation needs to be more in-depth. Why does this really  keep happening?