Archive | Columns
-
Column: Apple product sales at an all-time high, labor practices at a dangerous low
The next time you’re slinging angry birds across the glass expanse of your iPhone screen, think about the dead laborers caught in the fray during manufacturing.
-
Column: The Buffett Rule and welfare
During his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama proposed a “Buffett Rule,” which would impose a minimum average tax rate of 30 percent on all income above $1 million per year. However, this rule was conspicuously absent from the president’s budget proposal last week.
-
Technology review: OS X Mountain Lion proves better than newly released Windows 8
On Wednesday, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released to the public. It introduced a much-revised design from previous Windows releases in a mobile-style format that will resemble the operating system currently used on Windows phones.
-
Column: Tumblr self-harm ban will help users
Tumblr, an online blogging community, announced last week that it will implement a new policy against blogs that promote self-harm, eating disorders and suicidal thoughts. Since Tumblr’s launch five years ago, it has encouraged users from all walks of life to share their stories.
-
Column: The power of unity
This past week, the United States gazed at Asia with cautious optimism that North Korea would respond positively to renewed attempts to spur its denuclearization. Meanwhile, Iran stated to the world that it would not follow suit.
-
Column: Rise in dropouts reflects students, not universities
The U.S. college dropout rate is about 40 percent, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Pressure from the government and the benefits of a high retention rate have encouraged universities and education reformers to combat this trend.
-
Column: Taking off Kim Jong-un’s silk stockings
I recently came across a Letter to the Editor in The Washington Post in which Lamar F. Neville suggested that the United States bring newly declared leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un (also spelled Kim Jong-eun) to our friendly shores and give him a tour of the fun spots, such as Disney Worl...
-
Column: Andrew Breitbart’s death teaches nation an important lesson
Andrew Breitbart might have been the most controversial journalist and political commentator of this century. This was a role he embraced, even saying in an interview, “I enjoy making enemies.” And make enemies he did.
-
Column: It’s time for to America to drop Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh is a living, breathing cancer in our society. His toxic rhetoric not only poisons the minds of young, impressionable individuals, it reaffirms the completely delusional extreme-right wing advocates that already exist.