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  Politics

YouTube Debate
Liberal Bias on Parade

Some of the presidential debates were awful. If the questions aired are the best that the American public can come up with, then perhaps the world is correct in thinking that we are a bunch of shallow self-absorbed idiots. About the only thing they didn’t ask was the candidates positions on Britney Spears.
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  Education

A New Kindergarten
Playtime Out, Academics In

For much of the country, kindergarten has been entirely transformed. Gone are the days of finger painting, snack breaks and naptime. Today, the curriculum strictly centers on academics instead of playtime. Children are expected to learn something and be tested on it because they can actually fail kinder.
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  Law and Public Justice

Is This Entrapment?
Police Use Topless Women

A police sting operation to ensnare perverts in Columbus Ohio has generated a lot of controversy. The way it works is that police use an undercover female officer to sunbathe topless in a local park. In Columbus, being topless in a park is legal but anything else is not. She then asks men to do something illegal.
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  National

Wild Celebrities
Paris Hilton is not a Role Model

Paris Hilton is not a role model. And an “all night partying heiress” is not a job title. Even so there are millions of girls and young adult women who cannot get enough of the antics of Paris Hilton and her panty-less cohorts like Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan. Society has become obsessed with the exploits of celebrities.
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  Science and Technology

Bogus Predictions
What Happened to the Hurricanes?

After hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, what happened to the hurricanes that were supposed to ravage us in 2006 because of global warming? Hollywood celebrities and many scientists made a number of gloom and doom predictions. Instead, the 2006 hurricane season was pretty lame.
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  Race and Racism

Hyphenated Americans
Is this Issue Really a Problem?

Why should any minority want to bring attention their ethnicity or place of origin if we want a color-blind society? As a conservative Hispanic, I see “hyphenated Americans” nowhere near as threatening as many Right-Wingers suggest. In fact, I often feel that too many conservatives blow it out of proportion and here is why.
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  Recommended Reading

Gehenna Station
Check out the book review to this book as well as the interview with the author.

  Politics

Reducing Poverty
Does Marriage Really Help?

To reduce poverty in general and child poverty in particular, the mantra from social conservatives is for unwed mothers to marry the fathers of their children. I don't discount the value of marriage especially in its relationship to poverty but the problem I have is that this solution is far too limited and a bit naďve.
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  Education

Another Nuisance
Teachers Harassed By Teachers

Teachers already have a hard enough time maintaining discipline in the classroom but they have another pesky problem to deal with. Educators are sometimes hassled by their fellow faculty members who actually insist that they gloss over a student’s misconduct or some other behavioral issue.
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  Business

Legal Loan Sharking
The Rise of Payday Loans

For people who manage their bank accounts wisely, the payday loan and check cashing industry is a bit of a culture shock. But for millions of Americans, paying an obscenely high fee just to cash a paycheck as well as paying an outrageous interest rate for a minuscule short-term loan is more of a lifestyle.
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  Miscellaneous

Gaydar
Another Weird Cultural Phenomenon

So there I was, discussing with some straight acquaintances of mine why I wouldn’t accompany them into a bar for homosexuals on a so-called straight night. My friends said that homosexual men have GAYDAR and they would automatically know that I was straight just by looking at me.
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  Education

Internet Safety
Should Schools Teach It?

When it comes to the safety and wellbeing of a child, the most import person is the parent. And it is irrelevant on how good a curriculum is or how articulate a speaker may be, it is the parent who sets the rule and boundaries on Internet usage as well as setting the foundation for behavior.
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  Politics

The Real Barack Obama
Will He Please Stand Up

The bloom is off the rose. Barack Obama, far from being a “new” sort of politician, you know, one we can trust, has revealed himself as just another in a long line of politicians like the ones we vote for or against every election. You know, the ones you can tell are lying to you because you can see their lips move?
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  Politics

Price of Criticizing 
Politician Pushes Constituent to Suicide

A councilwoman complained to the politically powerful employer of a constituent, accusing him of being a racist. He was immediately fired (he worked there for 27 years). The newspaper splashed racism accusations across the headlines. Shortly afterwards, the constituent shot himself in the head.
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  Education

Naked Teachers
Educator Fights to Keep Her Job

Tamara Hoover is an outstanding arts teacher. And being an artist, Hoover felt that it was absolutely innocuous to have her nude pictures posted on the Flickr.com web site. The photographs show her nakedness while doing routine daily activities such as taking a shower, getting dressed, lifting weights, and even in bed.
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  Law and Public Justice

Broken Process
Reform The Confirmation Process

The confirmation process of a Supreme Court justice is a circus. The role of the Senate has become nothing more than a theater stage to showcase useless drama and pointless passion. The entire procedure needs to be streamlined so that debate is limited and that a direct “up and down” vote taken.
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  Immigration Reform

Arnuld Speaks
Turn Off Spanish Television

The California governor found himself in hot water when the Left Wing and the Right Wing both jumped in on this controversy in hopes to exploit a wedge issue for their own political gain. However, what each side of the political spectrum fails to realize is that they are both half right and half wrong.
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  Business

Rise of Spending
Savings at Lowest Ever

Personal savings have fallen to its lowest point since the Great Depression. The years of 1932 and 1933 were the only times that this country experienced a negative savings rate that lasted longer than a year. But what caused this dramatic decline in savings and what can be done to reverse it?
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  Miscellaneous

Running on Empty
Coasting to a Gas Station

Towards the end of the work week, I had been meaning to fill up my gas tank but things kept coming up. Now here I was on a Saturday morning, a grown man with a wife and kids and an empty gas tank on the freeway. As I coasted on the off ramp, I remembered my reckless youth when stuff like this happened more often.
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