Posts Tagged ‘ features ’

The Case of Iranian Fascism

September 24, 2009
By Mike Jaskot

What should the US do with Iran? What options are available for President Obama? How can we avoid armed conflict?
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William Wallace, Where Are Ye?

August 21, 2009
By Mike Jaskot

We all know about Pan Am Flight 103 being blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. We also know 270 people were killed on that innocent Wednesday morning. What I don't know is how in the world can Scottish authorities release the mastermind behind the tragedy.
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A Trouble of the Modern Age: The Kessler Syndrome

April 12, 2009
By Daniel Downs

The Kessler Syndrome: What is it? How could it threaten our political stability and human rights? How could it threaten humanity?
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Podcast of March 13th, 2009

March 29, 2009
By Zeyad Assaf

Zeyad Assaf hosts Dan Downs in a short podcast on contemporary issues. Among the topics discussed are the stock market, the role of government, and a dash of popular culture.
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The Death of a Newspaper, the Tumult of an Industry

February 28, 2009
By Daniel Downs

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...
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Obama poised to publicize sweeping health care reform

February 26, 2009
By Alex Fitzsimmons

Keeping true to his campaign promise, President Obama is set to unveil a bold health care reform plan. Allocating $634 billion over ten years, Mr. Obama combines several key measures aimed at reducing costs and increasing affordability for the roughly 47 million Americans without health insurance. But will it work?
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Hopeism, Obama, and $1,000,000,000,000 deficit

February 21, 2009
By Alex Fitzsimmons

President Obama is set to announce a bold plan to cut the federal deficit in half over the next four years. Mr. Obama, stop playing the American people for fools. Adidas may claim that Impossible is Nothing, but I doubt that even Adidas would endorse such a unrealistic plan. So to those of you...
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You must never say the N-word!

February 20, 2009
By Daniel Downs

It was with incredible shock that I heard Senator Dodd casually mention the n-word while appearing as a guest on “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” a Bloomberg Television talk show that airs on Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. That a man could so audaciously use such a powerful, aggressive word in seemingly polite...
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Alex’s Musings: 2/18/09

February 19, 2009
By Alex Fitzsimmons
Alex’s Musings: 2/18/09

I dont really know what to make of the Roland Burris debauchery. I have a feeling its much to do about nothing, but then why is he still a media spectacle?
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Bud the Dud

February 13, 2009
By Mike Jaskot

Now in 2009, the great A-rod himself has been the only player to confirm his name appeared on leaked list of those who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. Ok you say. What's the dilemma. Let's take an excerpt from commissioner Bud Selig's speech on Wednesday, "there is no valid excuse for using such...
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