Life after professional school is similar to “A Tale of Two Cities.” In the famous novel Charles Dickens proclaims that “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” For some professional school graduates the culmination of law school and taking the state bar exam or medical school and taking the...
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Professional School is Done…But the Economy Has Not Recovered
America’s Policy: Political Capital at the Expense of Progressive Policy
Currently, America is in an economic bind. We are no longer leading the production of products, we lack the jobs necessary to allow people to spend for the services that drive our economy and politically this only means one solution can be brought to the table, tax cuts. Tax cuts seem to be a...
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Political Games at the Expense of Progression
Wouldn’t it be great if we lived in a world where politicians were judged for the laws they have passed instead of how many people they have helped get re-elected? Wouldn’t it be even better if we actually were informed about the substance of laws instead of the political relevance and strategic timing of...
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Societal Values…Where Have They Gone?
AshleyMadison.com, The Jersey Shore, The Bad Girls Club, and Kat Stacks have all become images of where our current societal values have stationed. The first promotes infidelity in marriages, the next two promote ladies fighting with one another on national television, and the last represents a person’s quest for fame by any means necessary...
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The Politics of Emotions
The hot-button topic in politics over the past week has been the proposed mosque near “ground zero”. Emotions have run high over a perceived slap in the face to some Americans by Islam because of their inconvenient worship of God taking place just two blocks from the site that terrorist, who happened to be...
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Missing the Student in Athletes
With “March Madness” upon us, the argument is raised again of whether students-athletes are really what the name entails. In many sports such as football and basketball it appears that a more appropriate name for these players would be “athletes that attend an institution.” The NCAA and its participating schools use these athletes to...
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Democratic Downturn in 2010: Self-Inflicted Wounds
After the hope for a progressive new government stemming from the 2008 election, the paint appears to have chipped off the new car. Democrats had the opportunity to do great things in 2009 after a near election sweep in 2008 but what the populous received was a year of weakness from those that promised...
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Jihadist Talk from Pat Robertson
Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been “cursed” because of what he called a “pact with the devil” in its history. Robertson cites a pact made with the devil by Haitians to end slavery in the 1700s. The first amendment allows for many freedoms. One of which is allowing idiots to have a...
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Black Athletes: The Modern Day Tragedy
In every corner of the world people dream of growing up and enter a profession doing something they love. For many black children in American inner cities that dream is to have a future in professional sports. (Although this aspect of inner city life needs to be broaden to have more images of black...
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