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ROGERS: Obama’s Vote of Confidence – America’s First
By Conor Rogers, Moderate Republican
If Congress can’t pass healthcare, America may find itself in a situation like we’ve never seen before – a President dealt a no confidence vote by a system that has no remedy for the situation.
MARIN: RE: The Right to Struggle — The Fair Struggle
Paul Marin reflects on “the right to struggle,” the tradeoffs its entails, and the fair balance between the right to struggle and its costs in a response article to Conor Rogers’ “The Right To Struggle.”
PETERSON: The “Terrorist” Label: A Cursory Exercise
Tim Peterson, Socratic
Following Andrew Joseph Stack III’s February 18th attack on an IRS building in Austin, Texas, many have asked: did Stack commit a terrorist attack and was he, in fact, a terrorist? Indeed, the pecking over the terrorist label is a superficial debate that buries the more dire discussion of issues.
SIEFF: DAMN US ALL
Adam Sieff, Liberal
At the end of America’s glory, there will be no great war to romanticize, no great fiscal crisis or economic collapse to look back upon, and certainly no revolution to blame—only the faintest whisper, one word: “Why?”
McCAFFREY: Ron Paul: A Primer
Libertarian Republican Kathleen McCaffrey explains Ron Paul’s win in the annual CPAC Presidential Candidate Poll. Perhaps the Texas Congressman’s success will herald a fiscally-focused GOP in 2010.
PETERSON: Education Reformers Need to Check Their Math
Tim Peterson | From the Left
In order for changes in the public education system to be enacted, the sources of educational rot need to be identified. And though Secretary of Education Arne Duncan should be praised for attempting to raise educational standards, relying on test scores is not the way to go.
PANDYA: Team Obama – Bench Your Starters
Om Pandya, Conservative
When Obama was elected in 2008, voters who fretted over his lack of experience hoped that he would at least pick advisors from both sides of the aisle that knew what they were doing.
SIEFF: On the Political Vocation
Adam Sieff, Liberal
What compels men to pursue a vocation in politics? For many among the political elite, and even among the not-so elite, power has become not just the means, but in fact the end of politics.
Autiello: We Choose to Go to Mars
Why we should put a man on Mars in this decade – not because it is easy, not because it is hard and not because it is a challenge that requires us to rise to it or be destroyed by a foreign power – but because the dream provides a source of inspiration, hope and national renewal for the American people.
BARON: Thank You, WikiLeaks
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
Over the past three years, WikiLeaks has successfully fought, according to its website, over 100 “legal attacks,” including numerous full-blown lawsuits. Yet its success thus far is no indication of a smooth ride, and its current financial woes suggest that those who bring the organization to court may get their druthers, even if they didn’t see victory by judicial fiat.
Phillips: Should We Pay for Our News?
The New York Times has announced that come 2011, it will begin charging for online news. Is this a good decision? In today’s world of information abundance, is print journalism worth paying for? A look at the debate from both a business and ethical perspective.
McCAFFREY: High Speed to Rubio 2010
Kathleen McCaffrey, Libertarian
Obama’s odd paradox of saving money amidst a record federal deficit and unnecessary high-speed rail proposals should make Marco Rubio’s job easier in 2010.
ROGERS: President Obama, (R-DC)
Conor Rogers, Republican
In tonights State of the Union, the President put himself more in line with Senate Moderates Susan Collins and Ben Nelson than with Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid.
HOLLINSHEAD: A To-Do List for Obama, Dems
Kevin Hollinshead, Progressive
If an anti-reform Republican was able to win the seat of universal health care’s greatest champion, what do this November and November of 2012 hold for Democrats? Unless the Obama administration shakes things up, they’re on thin ice.
PANDYA: Not Orwellian, Just Ineffective
Om Pandya, Conservative
Walking through the streets of London, one has the quite unnerving sensation of being watched. It is not just a sensation; the city of London alone has in operation over one million CCTV cameras costing a total of 200 million pounds. In a typical workday, the average person is filmed by no less than three hundred cameras that are recording almost every alleyway and bus stop.