Editorials and Opinion Pieces

Carole Bakin and her late husband Don Lewis. Image courtesy of people.com

Did Carole Baskin Kill Her Husband?

May 22, 2020

Aggressively Ranking the Fast Food Chains of New Jersey

May 19, 2020

This is an opinion piece. Daniel Hellriegel is a junior at Mendham who writes for school news. All of the views expressed in the following editorial are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Patriot. W...

Why Khabib Should Fight Gaethje Next

May 19, 2020

A pair of women and a family six feet apart at the New Jersey Shore.

Saving Summer 2020

May 16, 2020

Why The Office is one of the Best Shows to Ever Exist

May 16, 2020

This dataset only covers up to early April, yet still recorded an estimate of 15,400 excess deaths not including deaths from the COVID-19. Photo credit to the National Center for Health Statistics.

Is Quarantine Doing More Harm Than Good?

May 14, 2020

The Harm that Socializing Comes With

May 14, 2020

Why the 2020-2021 College Admissions Process will be More Competitive

Lindsay Kupka, Staff Writer

May 12, 2020

This is an opinion piece. Lindsay Kupka is a junior at Mendham High School who writes for Sports. All of the views expressed in the following editorial are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Patriot. In ...

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., makes his way to the Capitol on May 23, 2019.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call file

Why Justin Amash Absolutely Should Not Run in 2020

May 8, 2020

Thinking About and Deeply Dissecting Our Media Isn’t Worthless

March 27, 2020

Is a Hotdog a Sandwich? No!

March 10, 2020

This statistic shows how little students are taking the SAT in school, which is needed by almost all schools for admission. The fact that the test is not even being administered in a majority of schools is terrible for many students who do not have the resources to participate outside of school. Even though they have improved, there are many students who have to spend their own money and take a lot of time out of school to take the test when it should be provided as a basic right to college admission.

Modern Society Quantifies Intelligence Over Character

February 26, 2020