Individuals immune to debating
Despite topic, arguing will not change anybody's mind
Derrick Skaug
The Daily Evergreen
Published: 02/09/2009
In one of the worst episodes of NBC’s hit sitcom “The Office,” the Dunder Mifflin employees debate whether movie star Hilary Swank is “hot.” A hand vote at the end of the episode reveals not a single mind changed. Read More »
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Inauguration honors struggle for civil rights
Celebrate the victory without losing sight of remaining inequalities
Derrick Skaug
The Daily Evergreen
Published: 01/15/2009 Read More »
Over the past several weeks there has been an increased level of both condemnation and saber rattling between the United States and its ally, South Korea, and the People Republic of Korea (i.e. North Korea). Read More »
As an eleven year old, I wasn't much into politics. I had a faint grasp that Clinton got into trouble over something with a lady (not his wife), that we had bombed someplace far away (which my family watched on the news... in night vision), and that Bush beat Gore after some confusion in Florida. Yes, George W. Read More »
Victory! Triumph in the streets! The United States media declares that the free market is dead and that capitalism is among its last breaths. The free market has been given its chance and has failed the American people with its greed and financial failure. Look at how the economy has failed and that we are nearing the same situation of the Great Depression. But have no fear! Read More »
The "Military-Industrial Complex". It characterizes one of the most influential (and terrifying) undercurrents of power in the United States government, and conceptualizes the fusion of government and military business. Read More »
Last semester, John Ashcroft spoke at Denison U (my school)--he was the former Attourney General under President Junior, and a big supporter of the War on Terror, warrantless wiretapping, torture, etc. He spoke the typical rhetoric of spreading "freedom" and protecting Americans at whatever cost. Read More »
