Musician Birthday Celebrations
Today is the birthday of two legends, Fats Domino and Johnny Cash. Therefore, I play my favorite song by each: Fats Domino- Ain’t That a Shame Johnny Cash- Man In Black
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Public versus Private Pay
There is a big talk of unionization and public-sector pay versus private-sector pay as of late. We all remember the articles in USA Today, detailing how employees of the government are paid much more than their equivalents in the private-sector. They each respectively ran at different points last year, both during the arguments about Health Care reform…
Honor System On Viennese Public Transit
The U-bahn in Vienna uses the honor system when it comes to tickets. Awesome.
George Washington’s Farewell Address
1 The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may…
Yaël at the University of Vienna
In less than a month’s time, I shall commence my final semester of undergraduate study of both political science and history at a prized and distinguished institution which has hosted its fair share of admirable intellectuals. As well as serving as the educational bastion for these individuals, it has also been the core foundation for…
John Stossel’s State of the Union
Townhall.com But do not despair. If we make reasonable cuts to what government spends, our economy can grow us out of our debt. Cutting doesn’t just make economic sense, it is also the moral thing to do. Henry David Thoreau had it right when he “accepted(ed) the motto … that government is best which governs…
Bye Bye Olbermann
“It is time to bring the troops home.” -Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) (Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/)
Anderson Vanderbilt “Keeping Them Honest”
I normally think Anderson Vandbilt’s mantra of “Keeping Them Honest” is silly, but this interview with Rep. Steve Cohen is a slam dunk. Anderson Vanderbilt is slamming him for using Nazi comparisons to describe the Republicans in Congress. Note also that Cohen just penned an article called “Reckless Speech Has Terrible Human Cost”. lulz In researching this…
The Military Has Usurped The State
My latest article on the usurpation of civilian control of the American government, all at the hands of the military-industrial complex.
Why The London Student Protests Matter
As a student of a University prone to bouts of activism, I am no stranger to pickets, demonstrations, or volatile button campaigns. The fact that my fellow pupils were willing to skip their BritLit seminars to hoot and holler never phased me or garnered my interest, but it certainly fueled my learned apathy. Their causes and…
Phoenix @ CEPSUM
Phoenix @ CEPSUM cjlo: Thu, 10/21/2010By: Yaël Ossowski Imagine the greatest of ironies: a French rock group from Versailles travels across the ocean to the most populous French city in North America, gets booked at…