By: Erin Cosin A Taste of the Social Media is a conglomeration of interests converging onto one page. Whether you're into politics, religion, protest, science, international news, or just something to make you laugh, A Taste of the Social Media is a one-stop-everyman's shop of internet goodies brought to…
The year was 1998. I was walking towards my honors history class. Little did I know that the next half hour was going to make such an impact upon my life and belief system. I was in the eighth grade going to a middle school in west Texas where…
By: Eddie Vince Many are worried about the economy, not only in the States but everywhere. Some suggests fiscal conservatism and minimalist government intervention within the free market, while others suggest the government needs to step into unethical and destructive business practices preying on the people. Well, I think…
You have noticed that Republicans dominate the news scene day after day, and have for at least the last two decades. It is no accident. It is a unified and scripted approach to gaining dominance, pushing minority beliefs through techniques of fear and angst through a friendly, corporate media.…
I live in Britain, known informally by the rest of the world as 'England', whose official name is the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' a state that has only been in existence for less than 80 years. Despite being legally unified with Wales in the 1530s,…
“I'm a Christian man and I command a Christian ship! I will not lead men into sin!” ~Captain Thomas Davies (Roots) I recently watched the 1977 television miniseries Roots again, and discovered, again, why it was such a huge hit when it premiered: a sweeping saga about an American…
By Jim Hoover Acrimony and lies are so much a part of Republican rhetoric that we need a full-time monitor just to catch and register the breadth and the scope of Republican fabrication, for it is rampant. We also need a historian to research the wild references made by…
A couple of years ago, I read Dr. Martin Luther King’s A Letter from a Birmingham Jail and I was mesmerized by the passion and anger in his words and although we are in the second decade of the 21st century, his words still resonate. This letter I am…
By: Amanda Übermansch Perhaps both the problem and the solution with PIPA and SOPA being so publicized is that many people didn't realize that international legislation aimed at a plurilateral agreement among countries, on a voluntary basis, called Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) acts in the same manner as PIPA…
By OcJim Who are the people responsible for the starvation of education in America and the heartless treatment of the vulnerable? We all have a role in this disgrace, but the biggest role can be laid at the feet of the rich -- most notably, Wall Street marauders, conservative…