Mar 27
A small provision that slipped into last week’s Agricultural Appropriations Bill is raising the ire of food, health, and farming activists who see it frightening victory for Big Agriculture. Dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act” by opponents, it aims to shield biotech giants from litigation in the face of health risks associated with genetically-modified crops. Critics …
Feb 20
On Monday, a theoretician at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory revealed some unsettling news from the latest research on the Higgs boson subatomic particle. Based on advanced calculations on the Higgs energy field, the universe is “inherently unstable” and at some point billions of years from now could be swallowed by the vaccum of an alternate …
Oct 15
Arlen Specter, the former Senator from Pennsylvania who served on both sides of the aisle in his political career, died on Sunday at the age of 82 after a long battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A principled centrist whose positions on issues such as gun control, affirmative action and healthcare reform often infuriated both Democrats and Republicans alike, Specter …
Oct 08
No one could escape the aftermath of last Wednesday’s debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, as the media bombarded the airwaves with hyperbole and rhetoric as to how and why a gaffe-prone Republican nominee could come out on top against an incumbent president who appeared to be off his game. In choosing an juicy …
Oct 05
This week’s campaign theme has been about one thing: jobs for the middle class. It was ever-present in Wednesday night’s debate, with President Obama and Mitt Romney mentioning the “middle class” or “middle income” a total of 29 times and each trading blows on which policies will better serve the nation in terms of job …
Sep 24
For many of us, getting up and going to the gym for a workout (especially on a Monday) can be a particularly taxing experience. However, in the interests of maintaining a healthy lifestyle as well as possibly offsetting any overindulgence from the weekend, we put our best foot forward and do it. A recent proliferation …
Sep 10
Chicagoland parents scrambled this morning to find alternate activities for their children as the city’s teachers in the nation’s third largest school district went on strike. Chicago Public Schools and the union representing the city’s 25,000 educators are at odds on a number of different issues, but the major sticking point on both sides is …
Jul 12
Convicted sexual predator and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky is behind bars, but more tragic findings emerged today from an internal investigation led by former FBI director Louis Freeh. In the report, Freeh explained that the highest officials at the university, including former coach Joe Paterno, hid critical facts that led to continued …
Jul 11
In The Economist’s year-end review in 2009, the newspaper published a modified version of the famous Westinghouse Electric wartime propaganda poster by J. Howard Miller for its cover. That year, women exceeded men to become the majority of the American workforce. On July 18, the National Journal will present a day-long event that intends to …
Jul 04
Each year on the morning of July 4th, NPR hosts, reporters and newscasters take turns reading aloud sections of the Declaration of Independence. It is a stirring tribute that offers us an oft-needed reminder of the struggles of a newly independent United States of America against tyranny and oppression. You can listen to the entire …