Archive for the ‘Society’ Category:
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.
CUEVAS: Theatrical Redemption
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Independent
In light of The Hurt Locker’s success at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Cuevas reflects upon popular culture’s portrayal of war.
ROGERS: But Is It Inevitable?
By: Conor Rogers, Republican
The big question surrounding the gay rights movement seems to not even have been asked yet: What if the Internet Generation gets more socially conservative as it grows up?
McCAFFREY: The Most Expensive Violin
Kathleen McCaffrey, Libertarian
No healthcare system is perfect. However, the way to debate healthcare reform is not through dueling anecdotal evidence.
CUEVAS: A Force to be Reckoned With
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Independent
The power of the editorial is assessed by Jesse-Justin Cuevas, a recent college graduate and aspiring journalist.
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.”
BARON: Wake Up, Internet Generation!
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
If the many progressives of the internet generation do not make it a point to log off of Facebook and actually show up to the meetings of the groups they joined there, we are going to be in serious trouble, starting with the elections coming later this year.
ROGERS: A Right To Struggle
By Conor Rogers, Moderate Republican
It was participant ribbons and a lack of failing grades, not his trademark tears and anti-marxist lectures, that defined Glenn Beck’s address to CPAC. What does this say about the nature of the tea party and conservative movements?
BILBO: The Alarming Rise of GOProud
Tyler Bilbo, Democrat
Gay conservatives represent one of the most marginalized constituencies in American politics. As they struggle for acceptance among other conservatives, however, they cannot afford to damage the ongoing fight for equality.
SIEFF: How to Remember the Twentieth Century?
Adam Sieff, Liberal
Taking a look back at the twenty-first century – a century marked ultimately by the culmination of rationalization, as it led to world mastery, disenchantment and value pluralism.
ROGERS: GOP Has Everything To Lose, Nothing to Win, on ‘Don’t Ask’
Conor Rogers, Moderate Republican
The GOP is risking a political and public relations disaster by opposing the repeal of don’t ask don’t tell – just as they’ve begun to take a national lead.
McCAFFREY: What Goes Up…
New Jersey’s own Kathleen McCaffrey discusses NJ’s loss of base to fund their expensive spending habits.
SIEFF: The Re-Emergence of Natural Law and its Directions
Adam Sieff, Liberal
At some point in the early 20th century, a new model for state sovereignty emerged that was not only inconsistent with the mechanics of international politics, but also, despite its best intentions, perhaps injurious to international society and even its own objectives.
BARON: A Dangerous Hypocrisy
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
For some reason, many on the campus left appear to have an apologist affinity for radical Islam, countries which enforce Islamic law, and terrorist groups. This is unacceptable.
ROGERS: Focus On The Feminists
By Conor Rogers, Moderate Republican
The vitriolic response by feminist and women’s groups to the ‘Tebow ad’ raises serious questions about the state of todays’ feminist movement.