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Tag Archives: Pro/Con
May
20
2011
Talking Points: Reality TV
Yes, it’s a good escape by Marilyn Gund “The Hills”. “Cake Boss”. “Millionaire Matchmaker”. “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”. “18 Kids and Counting”. “The Real Housewives”. These are all legitimate TV shows, with large followings and larger-than-life stars. But what makes them so different from other shows on television is that they are unscripted reality [...]
Mar
17
2011
Talking Points: The role of government
Is big, regulatory government or smaller, hands-off government more efficient and effective in America? Government. Inquiring as to its role today will inevitably spark heated debate between liberals, who extol its virtues and conservatives who decry its excesses. An unbiased opinion is nearly impossible to obtain, and this piece is not meant to function as [...]
Sep
29
2010
Ground Zero Mosque PRO
Tolerance. As Americans, we have long prided ourselves on our tolerance of others—their cultures, sensibilities, opinions, and perhaps most importantly, their religious views. However, the debate over the construction of a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center is threatening the distinctly American value of tolerance. The mosque is to be built within [...]
With food stored in basements and batteries hoarded in excess, the decade started out on a note of irrational anxiety. At midnight on December 31, 1999, Y2K arrived to a relieved, “Happy New Year.” And thus the first decade of the new millennium began. However, it was the sort of anxiety leading up to the [...]
This Halloween thousands of kids will be knock-knock joking their way around St. Louis neighborhoods in search of a bag full of free candy and a night full of after-dark fun. However, maybe it’s not the candy-givers who should be asking “who’s there?” when trick-or-treaters fill the streets. Let’s face it: if someone were to [...]
Sep
17
2009
Obama’s Health Care: Pro
The phrase “health care” is seen and heard everywhere these days, and rightly so. The current situation of health care in the United States is dire, to say the least. The United States census reports that in 2007, 18 percent of the population under 65 was lacking health insurance. Although a thorough census report of [...]
