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by Mark Hunter Mulvey | Socialist | Comments (5)

Who created this sense that one must steadily acquire more and more? Is it man’s frilly plumage designed to impress potential mates or just an indication of nature’s sense of humor? The instinct to accumulate for the sake of accumulation is, after all, humorous to watch.

why shouldn’t race help obama win?

by Aaron Rodriguez | Socialist | Comments (8)

It has recently come to my attention that I’m a racist. I wasn’t aware of any latent racial prejudices that I possessed until someone called me a racist for supporting Barack Obama.

democracy beaten red and blue

by Matthew Kimball | Socialist | Comments (2)

Red and blue translates to conservative and liberal. Red and blue can even translate to evil and good, depending on whom you’re speaking with.

for the good of the party, just go away

by Shane Nicholson | Socialist | Comments (5)

For the good of the party. The rallying cry of most fringe political groups; the call of any respected totalitarian regime, right? But how about that of a party struggling to find its identity in a two-party system? Doesn’t seem to fill the bill.

the hypocrisy of john mccain: part II

by Matthew Kimball | Socialist | Comments (1)

The saga continues. In the latest installment of this humble and modest senator’s various hypocrisies, we find John McCain opposing women’s rights. Maybe in celebration of Mother’s Day, the valiant senator announced he opposed the Fair Pay Act, which would eliminate wage discrimination against women in the workplace. The bill could overturn the Supreme Court’s […]

jesters and truth

by Boris Glebov | Socialist | Comments (0)

I have recently been elected to serve as vice president of my university’s Graduate and Professional Council, our student government. A couple weeks after the election, I was at a swing dance – pinstripe starched shirt and flaming suspenders and all – which was also covered by our university’s daily paper. One of the photographers […]

a little game of “what if?”

by Shane Nicholson | Socialist | Comments (0)

I’m not what I would call a conspiracy theorist; in fact, I tend to believe I’m a bit too realistic than my own idealist principles should allow. That said, I can’t help but look at the two massive natural disasters that have recently struck Asia and wonder, how many people actually died in these horrible […]

as hillary’s ship sinks, the bombs start to fly

by Aaron Rodriguez | Socialist | Comments (2)

I’m usually not one to over-analyze the statements made by politicians. I understand that in the heat of the moment words get mixed up and candidates make missteps. However, a statement recently made by Hillary Clinton struck me as exceptionally divisive. In an interview with USA Today on May 7th, Hillary cited an Associated Press […]

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