As graduation begins to materialize tangibly on the horizon of the impending future, I find myself anxiously awaiting the receipt of some supposedly sacred slip of paper, which is the proof of my purchased knowledge.
What is Occupy trying to do? Occupy Wall Street began in September of last year and has grown into a national movement with several hundred groups participating to various degrees in cities all over the country. They have marched down streets, shut down ports, closed banks—and all to what end? Hostility will lead nowhere. Their methods have to change.
The House and Senate have recently agreed upon a deal to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance. It seems that our congress is moving our nation in the right direction. The winds of innovation are slowly breezing through Washington and breathing new life into outdated unemployment mandates. And while the changes may be mild they are an important foothold in the future progression of this country.
Another memoir, another sordid affair, another intern.
Mimi Alford is the latest woman to claim an extra-marital affair with former president John F. Kennedy. At 19, she served as an intern at the White House and, according to her new book, Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath, they engaged in an 18-month relationship.
Activism applies to many forms of politically motivated speech, whether it is boycotting industrial meat practices or signing a petition shared through Facebook.
Like SOPA and PIPA before it, ACTA is another ominous acronym clouded in controversy and muddled by mystery.
Concerns about whether or not it is a threat to civil liberties and worries about potential negative outcomes of ACTA, as well as confusion over its necessity, leave the agreement open to a lot of scrutiny. The rush to get it passed and the secretive tactics employed to develop ACTA make many question its true intent.