After hazing, mountain goats are no longer a threat to hikers
Hiking is an enjoyable outdoor activity. There’s nothing quite like getting outside—maybe enjoying a mountaintop picnic and the visual delights Mother Nature has given us.
What are you running for?
Charity races promote awareness and raise money for benevolent causes
I’ve always been cynical when I’ve heard my friends’ mothers (with hobbies such as talking on the phone while driving giant SUVs and hiding their secret antidepressant habits from their neighbors in suburbia) smugly brag about supporting breast cancer awareness.
Dream majors or major dreams?
Report says majors in arts and humanities are ‘career-killers’
Not all college majors are created equal. So says the Washington, D.C.-based business forecast publisher and personal finance advice company Kiplinger. Based on its research of the employment rates of graduates, it has identified the top 10 majors least likely to get you a job.
Scared Vikings
Uneasy students beg for armed guards on campus
You and I sit naked and defenseless while university administrators, cushioned in the lavish comfort of their private offices, casually weigh the merits of arming Portland State’s security detail with handguns.
Romney’s promiscuous behavior
He’s willing to say or do anything to get elected—don’t fall for it
My dictionary defines promiscuous as “consisting of a number of dissimilar parts or elements mingled in a confused or indiscriminate manner.”
This definition fits Mitt Romney’s inconsistencies perfectly. In a weird way, all his pandering to voters reminds me of a private school boy looking to score by any means available.
For the good of the public
When does public education stop being public?
Forty or 50 years ago, it was possible to go to college in most of the U.S. for free or without loans. You could work a summer job and pay for a year of college.
Vanguard cartoon
President Obama’s economic plan
Can we spend our way into stability?
President Obama’s economic plan is based on the idea that some are more responsible than others.
Calling for expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts for households earning over $250,000 and lowering taxes for manufacturing companies, Obama’s short-term plan includes stimulus spending and some tax cuts, but in the long-term spending would be cut and taxes raised for the wealthy.
Romney’s slash ’n’ smash economics
The budget that would kill the budget
Unfortunately for the government, taxes are extremely unpopular. Especially among those whom said taxes least benefit: the extremely wealthy and corporations.
This ever-relevant fact is the heart of Mitt Romney’s campaign platform, and his raison d’etre on the Republican ticket. His tax-slashing budget outline offers up an economic plan that tries to be as little of one as possible.
Minor party economics
Despite lack of media attention, there are alternatives to Obama and Romney
Tired of being presented with the choice of voting either Democrat or Republican? Have no fear, there are alternatives—independent third parties.
The way a debate should be
Policy and argument, not rhetoric and respectful disagreement
The presidential and vice-presidential debates this year have received a shocking amount of attention, with record-breaking views and hours dedicated to analyzing them.