A little message written on the side of your Tiramisu Frappuccino or Cool Lime Refresher has gotten Starbucks into a lot of trouble recently. And no, the company isn’t under fire for misspelling...
Every fall, new students enter the university and are set on track to complete 39 credit hours in the General Education Program, or GEP. Unfortunately, these courses are required regardless of personal...
First and foremost, contrary to what sensationalists in the media may have told you, the National Security Agency most certainly doesn’t care about you unless you are a terrorist or a serious criminal....
On Sept. 4, 17-year-old Luis Alonzo pulled a knife during a fight with his classmates, killing one and injuring three. The fight, which occurred at Spring High School near Houston, Texas, did not receive...
Media are still reeling from last week’s buzz surrounding the police harassment of citizens’ feeding the homeless in Moore Square (#BiscuitGate). Given that such humanitarian acts have gone...
Since we first attacked Iraq in 2003, common criticism has pointed to a need to shift our attention from international to national affairs—we need to fix ourselves before we fix other countries.
Now,...
September has historically not been good for the United States. This September, we commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which resulted in the war on terror. Few people are aware that this...
According to the U.S. mint, it costs 2.1 cents to produce a penny. Back when The Washington Post did the math in 2006, the penny cost a meager 1.4 cents to produce, and we were already spending $115 million...
Dear Pat,
I had such high hopes for us, expressed in “My Love Letter” to you back in April. I eagerly followed your campaign, excited for a much-needed change in administration for our state,...
On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and hundreds of thousands of other Americans gathered for the March on Washington at the National Mall to “cash a check.” The “check,”...
As one whistleblower lies safe from his pursuers, at least for the time being, another whistleblower has been sentenced. This summer, Edward Snowden caused an international discussion about privacy and...
Last year, I was in Pennsylvania for the trial of Jerry Sandusky. This year, thanks to another coincidental planning of my family’s vacation, I was in Florida for George Zimmerman’s trial....
