The hours of post-debate commentary from political pundits on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC will have viewers believing that the most important factors are subjective qualities “Who won the debate? Who looked presidential? Who reached out to which political bases?” My biggest pet peeve about political pundits is they treat political debates like a basketball [...]
To answer that question, a “Venti” size at your campus coffee shop is 300 calories, which is 15% of your recommended daily calorie intake. I don’t know about you but it seems like a lot for just a breakfast drink alone, and I’m not even talking about the prices. Soon, restaurant chains nationwide with more [...]
When was the last time you caught up on your celebrity gossip? So you heard about Will Smith and Jada supposedly splitting up? And you know all about Kim Kardashian’s wedding? And of course, you know all about Kate and William’s wedding—but that’s old news. Now, when was the last time you read or watched [...]
Feminism isn’t an angry lesbian beating her chest, burning bras and shoving men underground to be used simply for mating purposes. It doesn’t have to be scary or aggressive, and in fact, you should embrace the fact that you are probably a feminist. Feminism, at its most basic level, is the desire for true, legitimate [...]
I’m a politics junkie. In high school I was co-president of my school’s Political Action club and this often turned into me trying to show exactly how well read and knowledgeable I was about politics. Therefore, when I got to college, I was thrilled to join the Cornell Democrats and surround myself with other politics-obsessed [...]
A few months ago, I asked an imam what he thought were humanity’s chances of achieving world peace in our lifetime. His reaction was one I receive all too often: he thought the human race would always be at war with itself. For bringing up the notion of world peace, I felt him place me [...]
One issue I often have with liberals is that we consistently have a knee jerk moral response to issues that is not well thought out or poorly justified. This is particularly problematic in the face of constant, conservative moral arguments used to justify inequality in the United States. (For example, freedom is the a priori [...]
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one watching the debt ceiling debate with nihilistic frustration as congress passed a deal including trillions in cuts estimated to cost nearly 2 million jobs. With that battle over, the obvious question that comes up is how the administration plans to promote future job growth. This isn’t an abstract idea [...]
“But we can no longer let partisan brinksmanship get in our way – the idea that making it through the next election is more important than making things right. That’s what’s holding us back – the fact that some in Congress would rather see their opponents lose than see America win.” – President Barack Obama, [...]
In my first post as a guest blogger for We the Blog, I’m going to do something that may make me unpopular. I’m going to defend Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. To date, Congresswoman Bachmann’s campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination has been full of homophobic statements, sexist biblical quotes, unflattering profiles and surprisingly (or maybe not [...]
