Monday, February 23, 2009

Stimulus Bill

by A. Benson

As many of you know, Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill was recently passed. The democratic party has pushed and said it was bipartisan, yet not one republican voted for it. Do you think a more fair solution to the stimulus would exist in allocating 46% of the funds to the republican party to do with how they wish and give 54% to the democratic party because that is how the votes were divided on election day?

Friday, February 6, 2009

I Have a Dream?

by Kaily Herd

Martin Luther King, Jr., known as one of the greatest leaders in America's history and a pivotal activist in the Civil Right Movement, has been brought up many times in the recent election on account of the heritage of our new president, Barack Obama. The real question underlying this past election is this: Has Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream finally come true? Has America pushed past its ignorance and looked past the color of people's skin to see who a person truly is?