Archive | Columns
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Column: The Benghazi boondoggle
It is the morning of September 11, 2012. Things seem to be looking up for President Obama — a slew of polls has come out showing that the President maintains a lead in a handful of swing states he will need to win come November.
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Column: How the iPhone has been a boon for the U.S. economy
The release of the iPhone 5 this past weekend marks five years since the launch of Apple’s smart phone back in 2007 that arguably kicked off the smart phone revolution. Nowadays, the iPhone faces stiff competition from Android phones, but there is still a quality that is unmatched in the iPhone.
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Column: Americans should not fear a shortage of delicious greasy bacon
I’m sure you’re all devastated about the news of the worldwide pork shortage. Yes, this includes our favorite meat, bacon. Last Thursday, Britain’s National Pig Association warned that the escalating numbers of shrinking herds are going cause an “unavoidable bacon shortage.
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Column: The duties of moderate Muslims
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula or “Sam Bacile,” the man behind the blasphemous YouTube video that has set the Islamic world on fire, may be a twisted man but it is only naive to demand his arrest, and delusional to believe that it would be any sort of a fix to the real problem.
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Column: Obama’s foreign policy matters in this election
In this election, Americans are understandably most concerned about their pocketbooks — their ability to put food on the table, to pay for gas, to cover the cost of college. Alas, the world does not pause while we attempt to put our house in order.
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Column: Romney ‘face-dyeing’ should prompt evaluation of media
We live in a world where communication has drastically transformed in the past few decades. Not only do we speak in person, on cell phones, via Skype and FaceTime, but we text, Tweet, post statuses, blog and submit Instagram photos.
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Column: Dangerous satire
We believe in free speech. We believe this even when a video as offensive as it was poorly done causes riots throughout the world. It is important that we remember that. However, it is also important that we remember the purpose of free speech. Free speech exists to defend a minority position.
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Column: New iPhone not for everyone
Apple has been up to a lot recently. In addition to releasing the iOS 6 update with a revamped map and a “do not disturb” option, Apple has people clawing to get the new iPhone 5, so much so that pre-orders for the iPhone 5 sold out in less than an hour of its public unveiling.
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Column: Morons and Sam Baciles
Although it seems unlikely that “The Innocence of Muslims” will be nearly as impactful as Mohamed Bouazizi’s fateful self-immolation in 2010, the wave of violence across the Islamic world since its dissemination has thrown Western observers for a loop. In the wake of Ambassador J.