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Obama’s Effectiveness as a Politician: Personal...
The famous Italian philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli once described what makes up the image of a politician in his political treatise The Prince. He stated that when it comes to being a politician, “everyone sees what you appear to be, but few experience who you really are” (Machiavelli, Chapter 18). What Machiavelli is implying here is that humans have a knack for the apparent aesthetic. Here’s...

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Lie: The Policy Must Go!

By Chris Zivalich

Published: February 16, 2010

Among other news stories about Indiana Senators, wars on the middle class and Apple’s controversially titled iPad, President Obama has begun working directly with the U.S. military to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” – a campaign promise that has since been swept under the White House’s rug until recently.

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Banking on Success

By Chris Zivalich

Published: March 31, 2010

Today, President Obama will sign into a law an overhaul of student loans that will cut the role of banks in the entire student loan process, saving taxpayers over $68 billion in the next ten years, according to Retuers News.

Yay! Yes, that’s right: something positive.

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You're Approving What?

By Chris Zivalich

Published: March 29, 2010

Between a severe subway bombing in Moscow and Ricky Martin coming out of the closet, how does anyone keep track of what’s going on in the world?

Oh, yeah. We don’t.

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It's HEALTHy to CARE about the TRUTH

By Chris Zivalich

Published: March 22, 2010

Today, health care reform passed in the House of the Representatives at the expense of low-income women’s reproductive rights and a new debate on what constitutes Constitutionality.

Woot?

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Paper, Time Running Thin

By Christopher Winn

Published: September 16, 2008

I've never been one to worry about finances. That's not to say I shouldn't, or I haven't freaked out before. It's just that I've always had a presiding feeling that everything will always work out. I guess you could say I'm a proponent of laissez-faire economics.

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