Opinion

All this talk about gun control…

by Chris Shu

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 12,744 people died in 2009 due to alcohol-impaired driving crashes. By simply making alcohol illegal or putting into effect stricter laws, we could have prevented these horrible deaths. We need to demand that our lawmakers change the current policies. Alcohol needs to be banned or at least [...]

U.S. Will Not Get Back on Track Without Better Leaders

by Andrew Kalenkiewicz

I certainly wasn’t surprised when the results came in on the evening of November 6th, but I must say I was a little disappointed at how irreverently anticlima­­­­ctic it all was. Here we had a president with the worst record since Carter, running on empty platform, and he still won reelection. I can still here [...]

The Southern Problem

by Joss van Seventer

Governor Romney’s loss of almost every battleground state to President Obama has sparked a flurry of debate over the future of the Republican Party.  Whereas the party was once able to rely firmly on support from moderate, “middle American” white males along with small government fiscal conservatives and the religious right, moderates in 2012 presented [...]

Preparing for 2016 – where the Republican Party needs to change

by Raina Sheth

The election this year was a lot closer than the one in 2008, but in the end the results were the same. The Democrats have run campaigns that appeal to women, working-class voters, minorities, and young people. These four groups represent an enormous part of the Electoral College, and without their support, it will be [...]

Affirmative Action: An Insult to Equality and Fairness

by Chris Shu

Affirmative Action is racist. In it’s most basic form, the practice of admitting students based on race ingrains within community, especially those affected by Affirmative Action, the notion that certain races need a leg up, that without such a policy, they are unable to gain entry into prestigious universities. Worse, it may instill in some [...]

NYC Restricts Sugary Drinks: A Contentious Topic

by Jonathan Rosenhan

Citing a strong positive correlation between sugary drink consumption and obesity, the New York City Board has approved a ban on the sale of large sugary drinks at any vendor regulated by the city (this would include McDonald’s and any many small businesses, for example). The ban is incredibly controversial for numerous reasons in that [...]

GSA Scandal a Classic Case of Government Waste

by Michael Reseigh

The chairman of the House transportation committee is calling for a hearing after receiving a report that an obscure government agency by the name of the General Services Administration (GSA) spent over $800,000 on a lavish conference for 300 employees near Las Vegas that included $7000 for sushi, $1500 for “Boursin scalloped potato with Barolo [...]

To the Non-Romneys: Drop Out Now

by Zach Rickerman

With the Republican primary drawing to a close and the electoral math drawing more credence towards the inevitability of Mitt Romney’s nomination, there comes a time when the few remaining candidates must put the needs of their party and their country over those of their own political interests. That time clearly has come. Mitt Romney [...]

GOP Developing Grand Vision for the Future

by Jared Boot

The Republican Party of the past was the party that passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with 80 percent of GOP reps in favor and only 61 percent of democrats, in the senate the results were similarly striking 82 percent of GOP senators favored the rights act with only 66 percent of the democrats.  [...]

Preacher, Panderer, or Champion of Reality

by Matthew Jackonen

Providing social commentary through painting, Jon McNaughton never fails to incite a stir with the release of his works, but is his latest work – “One Nation Under Socialism” – a little over the edge? Probably not. In McNaughton’s recent piece, President Obama is portrayed holding the Constitution while it is burning from the bottom [...]

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