Self-made crisis — Guess what folks, there is no fiscal cliff
There is no crisis quite like the self-made. Illuminating this premise today are the current rumblings over the impending “fiscal cliff” of Jan. 1, when the Bush Era Tax Cuts […]
Tag: Politics
Show us the difference — Presidential debate shows minimal contrast between incumbent and challenger
“This president’s policies have not been equal to our best examples of world leadership, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Middle East,” Mitt Romney said on Oct. […]
Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium focuses on politicians and press
The second annual Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium will educate students and professionals about media ethics with a focus on media bias in election coverage.
Meritocracy no more
Opportunity makes America exceptional. Belief in meritocracy, that the best and hardest working earn their success while the lazy suffer, is a fact of American life burned into the cortex […]
Get out and vote
We are privileged as Americans to live in a republic where we get a say in who runs our country and how.
Cautionary tale — Help before turning to violence
Jeffrey T. Johnson walked out from behind a van in Midtown Manhattan, shot former co-worker Steven Ercolino and then walked off down the street Friday. At the front doors of […]
Be the change — Government improvement begins with self-improvement
I don’t trust the government. Not in one of those weird conspiracy theories sort of way — I’ve been to the DMV, I don’t think the government is smart or […]
No home in U.S. — Nation’s political future shaped by conservatives, not liberals
Amidst encroaching elections, the cliché of our republic as polarized is wrong. Wrong if “polarized” infers opposed forces on a liberal-conservative spectrum.