In recent years, different events seem to demonstrate that the cover up of the initial crime makes that crime exponentially worse. For instance, take Nixon’s Watergate Scandal. Or Bill Clinton’s lie about his extramarital sexual relations with Monica Lewinski. Or Barry Bond’s perjury charge for lying about alleged steroid use. Or the sex abuse scandal [...]

President Obama has recently announced a new plan for lessening the burden on college students by outlining initiatives to help lower student loan debt. In a clear effort to pander to young voters who may have become disillusioned with Obama’s failures, Obama announced reasons why student loan debt is a priority for him.  However, the [...]

After two months of demonstrating against corporate greed, a lack of jobs, the top one percent, and all other related and unrelated issues, it is time for the Occupy Wall Street protesters to wrap it up. The press related to the Occupy movement has soured in the past month, the endearing news of peaceful protests [...]

After eight months of fighting, Libyan rebel forces ended Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year reign. On October 20th, rebels reportedly pulled the 69-year old dictator out of a storm drain where he was hiding after a NATO airstrike in his hometown of Sirte. There are varying accounts of how Gaddafi specifically died.  However, numerous cell phone pictures [...]

In these days of rapidly changing environmental fads, it is not uncommon to walk into a supermarket or even a BC operated cafeteria and be urged to ‘buy locally’. This could happen for one of a few reasons; perhaps the food being pushed on you is organically grown and therefore thought to be safer for [...]

Given that the College Board has recently reported that average critical reading SAT scores have fallen to 497 out of 800 – its lowest level in four decades – it is worth considering education reform. The phrase “education reform” is often used by both conservatives and liberals.  When conservatives mention it, they speak about charter [...]

Perhaps it’s the picturesque and historic stadiums.  Maybe it’s the hot dogs and souvenir-sized Cokes.  Or possibly it’s the seamless combination of individual and team talent on display nearly every day for seven months of the year.  Most likely it’s a combination of all of these reasons.  Regardless of each individual’s personal rationale, baseball is [...]

On October 21st, President Obama announced a complete withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, following up on promises made during his 2008 campaign and—before that—President Bush. The move reestablishes the strange duality of the current president’s foreign policy. The same man that ended the war in Iraq and won the Nobel Peace Prize (not in [...]

Baseball has always been on the short list of words synonymous with American culture. It’s thought of as being as American as bald eagles. But as the years go by baseball’s grip on sports enthusiasts is weakening, and the country we live in today is nothing like the one that our parents and grandparents grew [...]

Last week, President Obama’s “Jobs Bill” (a.k.a. the American Jobs Act, creative right?) failed to gain the 60 votes in the Senate necessary to proceed in Congress (50 votes for, 49 against.) After the setback, the president vowed to break down the bill into smaller parts to be passed separately. The bill’s failure highlights the [...]