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A Better Way to Judge the Candidates
by Jon Stonger

Rather than voting, we should look back to the ways of our ancestors in determining how best to choose our leaders. Namely, which candidate is the best moose hunter?

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by Alex Knapp
Why American Schools Are Failing

The reason for the failure of American schools isn’t education policy–it’s the fact that American culture doesn’t value intellectual achievement.

by Brian Knapp
Icon (n): Paul Newman

Paul Newman passed away at age 83 yesterday, but he left behind an body of brilliant works and personal achievements.

by Jon Stonger
Falling Behind

It was difficult to pin down when Harold first started falling behind. Perhaps he had been doing it for years, slipping back little by little as each lost fraction of time accumulated; or perhaps it really had started suddenly.

by Brian Knapp
AFI’s Ten Top Tens: Gangster

The latest installment in the AFI Ten Top Tens series takes the AFI’s list of gangster movies and shoots it full of holes. Then it pleas out and enters witness protection by blaming it all on the Mystery genre.

by Alex Knapp
Why Is the McCain Campaign Afraid of the Press?

McCain’s announcement that he is suspending his campaign and delaying the Presidential debate is just one more example of his campaign’s increasing isolation from the press.

Law
by Tom Traina
A Defense of Software Patents

In honor of the World Day Against Software Patents, here’s an explanation as to why software patents are both useful and justifiable.

by Jon Stonger
The Race is Tied.  What If It Stays That Way?

Right now, there are a number of scenarios in which McCain and Obama could end up tying in the Electoral College. What happens then? History shows that the results aren’t always pretty.

by Dave Schuler
Don’t Just Do Something–Stand There!

As the financial system faces continuing crises, all of the proposed solutions come from a 70 year old box designed to regulate a system that no longer exists.

by Lyn Coolon
Summer’s End

I’m going to sit here and wait for the electricity to come back on so I can mail this. It usually comes on briefly in the middle of the night. Love you tons and tons, Mom

by Brian Knapp
AFI’s Ten Top Tens: Science Fiction

In the seventh article examining the AFI Ten Top Tens, we go back in time to try and figure out who came up with such a lousy science fiction list.

by Jon Stonger
Why Fiscal Conservatives Shouldn’t Vote Republican

All rhetoric aside, when you run the numbers, it’s the Democrats who turn out to be the party of fiscal conservatism, not the Republicans.

by Jon Stonger
A Health Insurance Salary Cap

A novel solution for the problem of health care, gleefully stolen from professional sports.

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