In the past decade, national security has always been intrinsically associated with defense expenditures and counter-terrorism. From 9/11 until now, our government’s resources have been heavily focused towards the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, counter-terror operations, and spreading our citizen’s tax dollars to aid other countries around the world. What good has this done? Ironically when [...]
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“The illusion of unity isn’t worth having”- Christopher Hitchens The fiscal debate in the United States was a given a jolt last week when Paul Ryan released his budget entitled “Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal.” Those who believed that this debate had been settled after last summer’s anti-climatic debt ceiling fiasco have [...]
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As much as I want to make this a partisan issue of Republicans being the bad guys, I can’t. The true problem lies in the system and a corrupt structure that allows for the supremacy of money. Unsurprisingly, capital, specifically big business, has gained too much power and influence in government. Lately, I have become [...]
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2012 might end up being the most significant year the gay-rights movement will face. The case brought up by Ted Olsen and David Boises (two legal superstars who came together on this case despite the fact that they once represented two polarizing sides in the case of Bush v. Gore) challenges the constitutionality of the [...]
Continue Reading →Would you enjoy 1,117 dollars in your pocket today? Would you appreciate living in a state that is 10 billion dollars closer to a surplus? Does about 11.8 million more jobs for tax paying Americans sound nice to you? Well, those wo uld all be possible if America had an enforced border. The Federation for [...]
Continue Reading →“Our #1 priority is to make President Obama a one term president” – Mitch McConnell [1]
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Like it or not, we all live on this planet. We are part of something bigger than ourselves; we are part of the environment. We all breathe the same air and drink the same water. We all walk on the same ground and experience the same sunshine and moonlight. Earth is something that we all [...]
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