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Manufactured Discontent: Tax cuts for the wealthy should be allowed to expire

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
July 16, 2012

Taxes have never quite sat right with the American people. Since the very inception of our nation, taxes have been the bane of the average American's existence and the No. 1 cause for antagonism with our...

The Philibuster: Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne the best caped crusader

By Phil Sweeney
Columnist
July 16, 2012

"The Dark Knight Rises," the final installment of Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy, is Christian Bale's third turn as the Caped Crusader, but it's Batman's eighth major live-action feature film....

Blue-Eyed Devil: Dalai Lama should take a stand on Tibetan self-immolation

By Nicholas Pierce
Columnist
July 16, 2012

On June 11, 1963, Thich Quang Duc sat quietly on a divan at the corner of a busy Saigon intersection. As a crowd began to gather, Duc relaxed himself into the traditional Buddhist lotus position, said...

The Philibuster: Identity added up is more than the sum of your parts

By Phil Sweeney
Columnist
July 12, 2012

Editor's Note: This column contains strong language. Identity. Noun. The fact of being who or what a person or thing is: "He knows the identity of the bombers | She believes she is the victim of mistaken...

Manufacturing Discontent: Vouchers should not be used to fund religious schools

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
July 12, 2012

There are plenty of good reasons to oppose Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher-based education reform. You may not believe there is enough evidence to suggest vouchers produce more successful students, especially...

Scum of the Girth: Federal Reserve stockholders profit from US gov. debt

By Parker Cramer
Columnist
July 10, 2012

The most important issue we can vote on this coming election season is the economy. Naturally, in order to properly cast our votes, we must be properly informed about the issues - primarily dealing with...

Manufacturing Discontent: Declaration of Internet Freedom is step in the right direction

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
July 10, 2012

The Internet is at war. Its foe: Congress. For the past year, bills seeking to fundamentally change the Internet as we know it have been routinely making their way into our nation's legislature. Whether...

Blue-Eyed Devil: Libya should see justice for Gaddafi’s crimes on own terms

By Nicholas Pierce
Columnist
July 10, 2012

Saif al-Islam Gaddaffi, son of the late dictator and general mad-hatter Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, can't get a fair trial in his home country of Libya. At least that's what Melinda Taylor, Gaddafi's defense...

Scum of the Girth: Upheld Obamacare: Mitt Romney’s bastard love child

By Parker Cramer
Columnist
July 3, 2012

Editor's note: This column contains explicit language. If I were Mitt Romney, I'd be shitting my pants. Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of President Obama's flagship piece of legislation,...

Manufactured Discontent: Supreme Court should have reviewed Citizens United decision

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
July 3, 2012

The Obamacare ruling wasn't the only controversial decision the Supreme Court made recently. On June 25, the Supreme Court overturned a century-old Montana law which banned corporate campaign spending...

Blue-eyed Devil: Democratically-elected Morsi not a bad thing for Egypt

By Nicholas Pierce
Columnist
July 3, 2012

After 5,000 years of pharaohs, kings, sultans and dictators, a dozen foreign invasions, liberations and military coup d'etat's, Egypt has its first democratically elected leader. And America is ticked. Mohamed...

Manufacturing Discontent: NSA refuses to release surveillance info, cites privacy

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
June 28, 2012

Good news, America. The National Security Agency has your privacy in mind. When Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Or., and Sen. Mark Udall, D-Co., asked the NSA to disclose how many Americans have had their communications...