How would you like to have a president who cares more for a political ideal than for the American people? Unfortunately, the way things are shaping up in the Republican presidential campaign, this might very well become a reality. During the Republican debate last Thursday the 11th, the moderator asked a question along the lines [...]
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Not too long ago, a number of Republican politicians crept out of a cave, on a mission to reduce the size of the American government. They named themselves after the American patriots who delivered freedom to this country. Today, few politicians and pundits can say their names without disdain. They are the Tea Party. They [...]
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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 [...]
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The civil war in Libya has been dragging on for way too long. With the superior firepower of NATO forces, a supposedly successful “No Fly Zone” and a strong militia on the ground, why haven’t we been able to stop Muammar Gaddafi? The answer is more complicated than it looks: politics. The United States has [...]
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Guess who the Republican party wants to pay for the increasing debt limit ?—College Students. John Boehner and Eric Cantor made it very clear last Monday July 11th that they believe college students should bear a huge burden for the necessary debt limit increase. [1] They proposed that student loan interest payments no longer be [...]
Continue Reading →“Mission Accomplished.” – George W. Bush We find ourselves in a situation far different than we did on the morning of March 19th, 2003. We are not on the verge of a protracted land war in a country that does not want us there. We do not have hundreds of billions of dollars in weapons [...]
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This country was created by a Great Compromise. Our founding fathers worked together for the best interests of the American people and settled their differences through compromise. If problems arose, they were addressed by everyone. The key word is compromise. Compromise, compromise, compromise. Enter Wisconsin. You might support Labor Unions, or you might oppose them, [...]
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