On September 11, 2001 I was in my high school welding class. Welding started at 7 a.m., and we were just getting ready to take off our leathers and go on a short break before resuming the second hour. Just before 8 a.m., Beau Caldwell, a classmate walked...
After a short three years on the Fox News channel, Glenn Beck is leaving his show. I guess we might as well chalk it up as a victory for the evil liberal conspiracy that only we in the journalism business must be privy to. The Christian Science Monitor...
If money is finite, then hoarding money is a crime. I remember when I was in Sunday School and my youth leader, David Pauley, asked one day, "If a genie gave you three wishes, what would they be?" I responded, "To fly, have world peace (my Jesus answer)...
To use the rallying cry of the demonstrators gathered at the MLK Commons in support of the Wisconsin labor struggle, "It's pathetic to be apathetic." Most of us have been in an argument or discussion with someone and raised a point or fact that is fundamental...
There is no doubt in my mind that younger people are some of the least motivated or educated when it comes to politics. Are they willfully avoiding politics, though? I don't think so. Younger people are just that; they are young. It takes a while for...
As I'm sure most of you have heard by now, there is a bit of an uproar in Wisconsin regarding Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget package, which includes a provision that would strip many state workers of their collective bargaining rights. Putting aside...
I just wanted to state that terms like "mutiny" are not overreaching when addressing the events surrounding the SA Senate meeting on Jan. 30. The actions of the new president pro tempore served as an outlandish example of everything politics is not supposed...
The Tucson shootings left the question of motive unanswered. Many media outlets suggested that the accused shooter, Jared Loughner, had a political axe to grind. Many outlets questioned if Washington's heated political discourse was too much. After a...
If you asked me what's the most irritating name I have ever heard, without hesitation I would shout the name Sarah Palin. I must admit, however, her personality is enticing, but where is her substance? Her philosophy on life seems to be based on a children's...
