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Spread Hate and Alienate

By: Jim Hoover Republicans are united in pettiness and vindictiveness. If that isn’t enough, they lie with impunity; for a media that checks veracity has long fled the American scene. The neo-conservative paradigm they must follow requires certain generic qualities; that is, if they don’t want to be drummed out of the…

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March 7, 2011

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I Loved You Until I Friended You

By: Gina Volpe New studies released show that one in five divorce petitions cites Facebook. Well, duh. Aside from the obvious conclusion that Facebook allows you to spot and then divorce the jerks who feature acoustic guitars in their default photos and post badly-written, inane status updates; communicating with…

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March 6, 2011

Current Events / Drugs / Media / News

The Truth About Marijuana

By: Sean May I wrote this article to discuss what many people have been misinformed about. I intend this to bring up a bunch of subjects and interesting debates for good conversation and not the typical "MAKE IT LEGAL!" stoner rambling. It seems pretty clear when you have all…

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March 5, 2011

Country / Current Events / Drugs / Politics / Society

Hello Reefer, Goodbye Welfare

By: Gina Volpe Another day, another reason to stick my head in the oven. The latest black cloud on the horizon? Several states are considering laws that would require drug testing for welfare recipients, including those who receive unemployment benefits. I understand having to pass a drug test when…

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March 5, 2011

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Supreme Court Ball: Dance with Clarence Thomas

By: George Hiskler As a general perception, the Supreme Court is supposed to be an institution of impartiality, judicial fortitude, and constituted by men and women who have sacrificed their private interest for the purpose of democratic continuity—or republic continuity, whichever one you’d prefer. For the most part it…

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March 2, 2011

Current Events / Government / Politics

Wisconsin: “It Goes in One End…and That’s It”

By: Michael Tuosto Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has introduced a bill to his state's legislature that has gained nationwide attention as well as sparked a nationwide debate. The focus of the mainstream media with regards to the “budget repair bill” has been on the reforms to public sector…

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March 1, 2011

Current Events / Government / Philosophy / Politics / Society

Project Remember

By: Anthony Knolls The interesting thing about the Internet is that it has magnified man's nature to gossip and to reveal things that were meant to be kept secret and spread them all over its digital canvas. Case in point, Wikileaks. Yet still many people don't know that Leonardo…

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February 28, 2011

Current Events / Entertainment / Movie/film reviews / Prejudice / Sexuality

What Does The King’s Speech and Pornography Have in Common?

By: Thomas Hinderick It's an interesting question. One that perhaps has been widely publicized this past week on the Internet and other media by numerous pundits wanting to get in on the spectacle. What I'm talking about is the set in the Lionel Logue's office scenes in The King's…

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February 24, 2011

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Having Ayn Rand Over for Tea

Since the inception of the Tea Party movement in late 2007, the protestors and members of the party have continually bastardized and misquoted the thoughts and theories of the Founding Fathers and other less capable thinkers, like Ayn Rand.

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February 20, 2011

Censorship / Current Events / Editorials

Why Wikileaks Still Matters

...Wikileaks has been silenced. The contents of the leaked packets of information is unsettling enough and just about any media outlet with its finger anywhere near America’s pulse has jumped all over them and produced a cacophony of analyses and moral sentiments ranging from the outraged to the furious.

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February 20, 2011