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When you mix an ex KGB agent with a President, chances are, things are going to get messy. Nowhere is this seen more than with the Russian administration, involving Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. Combine these two with a corrupt mayor from Russia’s largest city and we suddenly see the emergence of an era that [...]
Posted by Jacob Cohen Donnelly on October 22, 2008 · 1 Comment
As a nation, we pride ourselves in the civil liberties that we have and the fact that we cannot, and should not be taken advantage of by the government. A police officer cannot just walk into my house and say, “Yeah, I want to see if you have anything illegal” without some sort of a [...]
Posted by Contributing Writers on October 21, 2008 · 3 Comments
In the United States today there is only one major political party: the party of big business. For years, the Republican Party has stood for laissez-faire capitalism (except of course in bailouts for corporations). The leadership of the Democratic Party has in general supported this as well. Obama, for all of his [...]
Posted by Sean J. Palmer on October 20, 2008 · 3 Comments
There are just over two weeks left until the general election, and for those of you who have yet to make up your minds about your presidential vote, you are not alone. Most national polls put the percentage of undecided voters between eight and 11% – about 21 million voters, according to statistics from the [...]
Posted by Sean J. Palmer on October 6, 2008 · 2 Comments
I started watching the HBO miniseries, “John Adams,” hoping that it could help lead me to some better conclusion about the office of the vice president, as our candidates, Sen. Joe Biden (D – Delaware) and Gov. Sarah Palin (Alaska) recently discussed the authority of the office in debate.
Posted by Contributing Writers on October 3, 2008 · 1 Comment
Wall Street stood still as it watched the House of Representatives vote on the proposed $700 billion bailout Monday afternoon. As the voting continued, what seemed like a certainty quickly tumbled into question. Wary investors watched speechlessly as the bill was defeated by a vote of 228-205.
Speechless, it would seem, except for the [...]
