Curiously Curiosity Kudos to NASA, but what if the Mars landing failed? In the recent climate of Olympic competition we’re conditioned to cheer on winners. NASA’s recent Olympic-level engineering victory in landing the one-ton Curiosity robotic vehicle 100 percent intact on the surface of Mars makes it easy to cheer on NASA and its mission [...]
DOD gets cake; NASA gets crumbs By Marianne Stanley Hmmm. This is a really tough one (not!). Can we justify the $2.5 billion cost of NASA’s Curiosity rover that recently landed successfully on Mars, a planet that’s a minimum of 36 million miles from Earth? After all, these are fiscally rough times for this country, [...]
How to Waste $2.5 Billion by Mark Luedtke The U.S. is suffering the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The official unemployment rate is 8.3 percent. The actual rate, which includes the long-term unemployed who were removed from the official statistics in 1994, tops 22 percent. The on-budget federal debt tops $15 trillion. The [...]
Chick-fil-A President Sparks Controversy Chick-fil-A is a family owned business that originated in Atlanta, Georgia in 1946. As of April 2012, Chick-fil-A has 1,614 restaurants in 39 states. The corporate culture is heavily influenced by its founder’s Christian beliefs, and unlike the vast majority of fast food franchises, Chick-fil-A is closed for business on Sunday. [...]
Which came first: the chicken or the faith? By Ben Tompkins Nobody has the right to specifically single out Chik-fil-A and ban them from their town on purely ideological grounds. It has never once happened in any way shape or form that was even remotely constitutional. While a few towns in the country have kept [...]
Free speech only OK when liberals agree with it By Rob Scott One of the greatest pillars of a nation is its Freedom of Speech. The famous French writer and historian Voltaire wrote on the topic stating “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” [...]
NCAA Hands Down Tough Punishment to Penn State Football Last week, the NCAA handed down their punishment against Penn State University’s men’s football program for the cover-up at the highest levels in the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. The penalties handed down include a $60 million fine, a ban from appearing in postseason games for [...]
Explaining the Inexplicable By Jolene Pohl There is only one way to prevent future Penn State incidents and that is to create a system of transparency. The psychological explanations for why the university board did not take stronger action to stop Sandusky are quite simple. The bystander effect kicked in, which means when faced with [...]
Socialization of Punishment Harms Penn State Students by Mark Luedtke The actions government agents, the Penn State regents and the NCAA have taken against Penn State students in the wake of revelations about Jerry Sandusky’s serial assault of young boys is deplorable. From the moment Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly decided to call a press [...]
In recent years, in a number of states, Republican lawmakers have been pushing legislation that requires voters to present a photo ID or other proof of residency in order to receive a ballot and to be allowed to vote in an election. The lawmakers pushing for the change in legislation argue that the proof of [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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