Julia K. Stronks

Jun 17, 2024 | favs.news | Julia K. Stronks

Analysis by Julia Stronks | Professor of Political Science, Whitworth UniversityOn June 14, the U.S. Supreme Court released a Second Amendment gun decision that is being described as “dystopian” by the left and a “decisive win” by the right. It is neither. But within the next two weeks a much more important gun case will be handed down that has the potential to support or vitiate gun control legislation decades into the future. What is the difference between these cases? Why do they matter?

Jan 1, 2024 | favs.news | Julia K. Stronks

Guest Commentary by Julia Stronks | Whitworth University Political Science ProfessorOn Dec. 19 the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified candidate Donald Trump from appearing on the 2024 Republican primary ballot. The Court did this because they found that on Jan.

Jul 19, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Julia K. Stronks |Jennifer Boone |Kristen Parker |Adam H. Petty

“I paint people at work,” says Karen Bailey. That’s how she came to be rolling sandwiches in a church kitchen in Ottawa one day, alongside the 70- and 80-year-old women whose portraits she was painting. That’s also how, the next day, she was flying to Afghanistan, entering the Kandahar Air Field in a sandstorm to document Canadian military medical personnel at work. For over four decades, Karen Bailey has painted Canadians who serve.

Jun 7, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Heidi Vander Slikke |Julia K. Stronks |Meghan Kort

You know you’re getting old when you can actually remember the last time the Leafs won the Stanley Cup. It was 1967 – Canada’s centennial. One way or another, the championship would be Canadian as Toronto squared off against Montreal. But it’s more than just hockey that makes that spring 56 years ago stand out vividly in my memory. I was 10 years old with a close friend who was a whole year older and wiser than me. She was popular, pretty and somewhat sassy.