The More You Know
Photo Courtesy of the ALA While attending a class session in the Rauner Special Collections Library this past week I noticed a strange molded oval…
2012
Perception is Reality
The Vagina Monologues, coming soon to an iniquitous gender center near you. Well folks, it’s almost upon us; V-Week is right around the corner. Although…
USS Score Political Points
Last Friday Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that the Navy’s new variant littoral combat ship (LCS) will be named for former Arizona Democratic Representative Gabrielle…
A Step in the Right Direction?
Congress Ryan, one of the deal’s loudest critics (courtesy of Bloomberg News). Congressional negotiators have reached a deal to extend the payroll tax holiday, unemployment…
Local Basketball Team Embroiled in Controversy
While ‘local’ is a relative term, I’ve passed signs on the highway for Rutland, Vermont so that’s local enough for me. The small city (population…
Religious Liberty, Rhode Island Public School
The attack on liberty and religious liberty, in particular, has not stopped with the Obama Administration forcing religious organizations to provide contraceptive coverage to their…
A Wah-Hoo-Wah for North Dakotans
If there was a lawsuit involved, we could’ve made the pun on “sue.”As of Wednesday, the University of North Dakota has resumed using the “Fighting…
Obama “Accommodates” First Amendment, Sort Of
After provoking a backlash last week with a tyrannical order that religious organizations pay for contraceptive care they find morally abhorrent, the Obama Administration today…
The 5-Hour Energy Empire
Forbes magazine recently published a bio of Manoj Bhargava, the mysterious figure behind 5-Hour Energy. In its brief eight-year history, 5-Hour Energy has become a…
Winter Carnival ’12: A Few Minutes as a Polar Bear
Two ’15s brave Occom Pond Although the lack of snow and mild weather has cancelled many of the usual Winter Carnival events, one benefited from the…