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Why Net Neutrality is Good and Why You Should Care

August 24, 2010
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Why Net Neutrality is Good and Why You Should Care

Net Neutrality is a term that pretty much describes the status quo of the internet today. That is to say that the Internet is neutral and there is no restriction on what websites and content the consumer may view. However the ISPs that provide the internet in your home want to change things. They...

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Where has the discourse gone?

August 2, 2010
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Where has the discourse gone?

This is not a rant, this is a quiet resignation of the fact that the “survival of the fittest” mentality that has perpetuated every fiber of our being, in which the discourse between differing opinions doesn’t occur and only the want to drive your opposition into the ground motivates you.

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American History MMX

July 25, 2010
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American History MMX

It all began with the Tea Party. Left-wing pundits threw around the race card quicker than Stephen Strasburg could fire a 100 mph fastball across the plate. Allegations of institutional racism among the tea-party participants soared through the airways dominated by the 'progressive' media. But is it true? Are these grassroots campaigners fueled...

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Lifestyle: Small Business in New York City, Part I

April 25, 2010
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Lifestyle: Small Business in New York City, Part I

While the prestige and glamor surrounding Wall Street and New York’s financial district presents to the world at large the image of a city dominated by multinational corporations and other gargantuan businesses, it is small business that is truly the beating heart of the city itself. With media focus drawn to Downtown Manhattan’s Financial...

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Lifestyle: The Cigar Lounges of New York, Part I

February 13, 2010
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Groucho Marx famously opined, “A woman is a temporary pleasure, while a good cigar is a smoke.” He was certainly not the first (and won’t likely be the last) to attest to the timeless treasure of enjoying a fine cigar. New York City’s cigar culture is one of the most vibrant, if not the...

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State of Religion

April 1, 2009
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State of Religion

America has always lived in a dichotomy. It has been a nation that preaches freedom of religion, yet the nation still holds firm to its Christian roots. America has been a tightrope walker carefully trudging along the razor thin line, sometimes leaning left where the first amendment reads ?Congress shall make no law respecting...

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The Death of a Newspaper, the Tumult of an Industry

February 28, 2009
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The world of print journalism will never be the same again. After 150 years of service to the Denver community, the Rocky Mountain News announced Thursday that their final issue would be Friday (February 27, 2009). Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the newspaper had been in financial trouble for months due to...

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The Downs File: Comments on IHOP’s Celebration of National Pancake Day

February 24, 2009
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Today, IHOP was nice enough to give away free stacks of pancakes in celebration of National Pancake Day. Those individuals who visited IHOP between 7AM and 10PM could receive three free buttermilk pancakes topped with a dollop of butter. IHOP was also hosting a fundraising drive for the Children’s Miracle Network, which raises money...

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The State of the Fourth Estate

February 22, 2009
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The American media has decomposed into a delivery system for "news", commentary, talking points, jargon, and spin.

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Vote Early and Vote Often: The Genius of the Obama Campaign’s use of Text Messaging and Other Forms of Mass Communication

August 31, 2008
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The origin of the phrase “Vote Early and Vote Often” is usually attributed to Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson, a highly corrupt Republican politician who ruled the city from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1931 to 1935. The phrase itself described how political partisans could easily game the democratic voting process. As verifying...

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