All Entries in the "Columns" Category
High gas prices act as incentive to protect the environment
Soaring fuel costs could encourage innovations in energy production
Technology overload causes excess boredom
Soaring fuel costs could encourage innovations in energy production
Increasing credit hour system would create issues
If administration decides to change to a four-credit hour system, students and classes would suffer
Apple trend leads to technology monopoly
The ‘cool factor’ is the cause of Apple’s success
Limbaugh harms Republican party
Conservative political pundit Rush Limbaugh is not a newcomer to making controversial and downright insulting statements — his most recent misstep came from a comment he made about Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke, who presented about the topic of birth control to the House of Representatives — and it might be harming his party. [...]
Despite contrary evidence, humans should be trusted
Imagine you’re taking an afternoon stroll with a friend through a local park and you spot a smartphone sitting on a park bench. Would you immediately give it to authorities, or would you go through a stranger’s personal files and even sensitive financial information? Surely, most of us would do the right thing and attempt [...]
Caucus harms Missouri GOP election results
The Missouri Republican Party might end up the biggest embarrassment in the 2012 presidential primary process. This might seem a bit of a stretch, but the March 17 GOP caucus will be a blemish nonetheless on the state party’s ability to organize a process in which Missouri Republicans select their choice for the party’s [...]
Kony responses should reflect awareness mission
Treating the symptoms won’t cure the disease. This is the argument used against the viral YouTube video, “Kony 2012.” The video that is sponsored by Invisible Children, a human rights organization that works to stop the abduction of children for use as soldiers, aims to garner the attention of American citizens to publicize the injustices [...]
Pollution lawsuits aim to protect farmers’ well-being
Local Senator Brian Munzligner recently proposed a daring new approach to environmental pollution control: limiting accountability actually increases it. In this case, however, less certainly is not more. Munzlinger is sponsoring Senate bill 490, legislation that would restrict a citizen’s ability to “enjoin, abate or recover damages for a private nuisance based upon an [...]
Liberal ideas don’t equal hidden agenda
Hitting theaters this March is Hollywood’s version of Dr. Suess’ eco-friendly tale “The Lorax.” Let me be the first to say I couldn’t be angrier. Obviously, President Barack Obama and his team of sneaky liberals are at it again, forcing their radical left-sided views upon American families, trying to make us feel bad about global [...]
