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Why Net Neutrality is Good and Why You Should Care

August 24, 2010
By Tabish Talib
Why Net Neutrality is Good and Why You Should Care

Net Neutrality is a term that pretty much describes the status quo of the internet today. That is to say that the Internet is neutral and there is no restriction on what websites and content the consumer may view. However the ISPs that provide the internet in your home want to change things. They...
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Where has the discourse gone?

August 2, 2010
By Tabish Talib
Where has the discourse gone?

This is not a rant, this is a quiet resignation of the fact that the “survival of the fittest” mentality that has perpetuated every fiber of our being, in which the discourse between differing opinions doesn’t occur and only the want to drive your...
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American History MMX

July 25, 2010
By Mike Jaskot
American History MMX

It all began with the Tea Party. Left-wing pundits threw around the race card quicker than Stephen Strasburg could fire a 100 mph fastball across the plate. Allegations of institutional racism among the tea-party participants soared through the airways dominated by the 'progressive' media....
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The Homogenized and Vacuous Court

May 13, 2010
By Jin Woo
The Homogenized and Vacuous Court

...the biggest issue is the simple fact that both Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan are ultimately products of professional American meritocracy, a system where only those who are overly...
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Lifestyle: Small Business in New York City, Part I

April 25, 2010
By Daniel Downs
Lifestyle: Small Business in New York City, Part I

While the prestige and glamor surrounding Wall Street and New York’s financial district presents to the world at large the image of a city dominated by multinational corporations and...
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The Pence-Hensarling Spending Limit Amendment

March 5, 2010
By Alex Fitzsimmons

As Democrats scramble to cobble together a governing majority and Republicans jockey among themselves for the conservative mantle, a serious public policy issue slides into obscurity. America’s debt and...
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UPDATE: On the Pentagon shooter: take a collective breath

March 5, 2010
By Alex Fitzsimmons

WASHINGTON–Twice a week I take the Blue line train toward Franconia-Springfield and ride through the Pentagon Metro station near Pentagon City, VA to get to work. Yesterday, a disturbed man...
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Right from Under Our Nose

March 4, 2010
By Tabish Talib

Between all the partisan bickering and the cable news networks, news of any legislation that is not related to the economy or healthcare just gets brushed aside and is...
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Wall Slammed Senate (yes, it is a reference to torture)

March 4, 2010
By Jin Woo

The Senate is broken. Things have gotten so bad now that Obama will force through the current health care bill under an obscure parliamentary process called “Reconciliation.” (I never...
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Lifestyle: The Cigar Lounges of New York, Part I

February 13, 2010
By Daniel Downs

Groucho Marx famously opined, “A woman is a temporary pleasure, while a good cigar is a smoke.” He was certainly not the first (and won’t likely be the last)...
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Notes from SFL New York 2009

November 7, 2009
By Daniel Downs

                Held at Columbia University’s Alfred Learner Hall, the 2009 New York Students For Liberty Conference brought together such groups as libertarians, classical liberals, free-market capitalists, moderates, conservatives, and...
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The Case of Iranian Fascism

September 24, 2009
By Mike Jaskot

What should the US do with Iran? What options are available for President Obama? How can we avoid armed conflict?
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