Education

Deconstructing Rick Santorum's Argument that Obama is Detatched from American Experience

06.29.2010

Former PA Senator Rick Santorum: “Obama is detached from the American experience. He just doesn’t identify with the average American because of his own background. Indonesia and Hawaii. His view is from the viewpoint of academics and the halls of the Ivy league schools that he went to and it’s not a love of this [...]

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Obama Shockingly Out of Touch with Technology and Social Media

05.10.2010

These latest comments from President Obama seem rather odd considering he blasts the very media that helped spread his hugely successful grassroots, Web 2.0 campaign that got him elected less than two years ago. President Obama: “With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, — none of which I know how to work — information [...]

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The Senate Immigration Reform and My Case for Humanities and the Arts

04.30.2010

Apparently amid all of this Arizona immigration law controversy, Senate Democrats in Washington have actually released an immigration reform plan. It seems extraordinarily unlikely that this will go anywhere in 2010 since this is an election year and nothing is more polarizing than tackling immigration. (Except maybe health care reform.) You can download the REPAIR [...]

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Fox News: Being Liberal is Un-American

02.20.2010

Before you listen to the fair and balanced reporting over at Fox News about this topic, check out the actual article for the raw facts.  According to a new report by The Intercollegiate Studies Institute, those with higher eduction degrees tend to have more liberal opinions on controversial social issues: The institute found that people [...]

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Hey, The South, Come Join The Rest Of Us In 2009

11.01.2009

I know racism is a loaded accusation and shouldn’t be tossed around lightly.  Former President Jimmy Carter recently launched it at Rep. Joe Wilson for his absurd outburst at President Obama during his address to Congress.  Perhaps it was unwarranted to label him a racist, perhaps not.  But to simply dismiss that race has anything [...]

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Don't believe. Know.

10.22.2009

Understanding something as complex as climate change requires one to know the difference between climate and weather as well as realizing that one needs to gather more evidence than simply noting that it’s cold and raining on a random day in July on the East Coast. We put way too much emphasis on belief and [...]

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Maine's Question 1 = Cali's Prop 8

09.23.2009

Maine voters are getting the chance to legalize gay marriage through the No on 1 campaign, much like the No on Prop 8 battle in California last year.  I only hope that the marriage equality camp does a better job than they did out west and that the voters do what Californians didn’t.  So far, [...]

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Obama's Student Speech Revealed

09.07.2009

Looks like the conservatives had reason to get into a giant uproar.  All those boycotts ended up being very well worth the time. President Obama wants our students to stay in school and work hard. Shocking.  Provocative.  Highly partisan. The GOP has long-since cemented its place as the party that doesn’t put much stock in [...]

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Obama Teaching Students? PLEASE GOD NO!

09.03.2009

This Yahoo! news article comes out at a perfect time.  A day when statuses all over Facebook have been posted announcing the desire for health care reform.  A day when Rudy Ruiz writes a commentary arguing that the problem with America is the demonization of those who change their opinions or stances on issues after [...]

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Why Is Spending a Four-Letter Word?

04.17.2009

States are going through their budgets right now trying to cut costs and balance the numbers before their fiscal year starts on July 1st.  States like New York are looking to raise taxes on those who make over $500,000 while Iowa wants to cut taxes on the poor and middle classes.  Naturally these changes will [...]

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