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Skeletons in the cabinet
President Barack Obama’s May 2 nomination of Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary was a bit controversial to those who are familiar with the well-connected Pritzker family. Pritzker, whose family owns the Hyatt ...
Silly slogans
I remember sitting at orientation, listening to what I thought was a bunch of sappy nonsense about “creating change” and having a “creative posse.” It’s easy to write off buzzwords like that ...
Creating the illusion of safety
Tyler Davis
More than a year before the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, the CIA considered placing Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two accused bombers, on a terrorist watch list, according to an April ...
Make it hot with giardiniera
Tyler Davis
Giardiniera:
Ingredients:
2 red bell peppers
6 jalapeño peppers
3 serrano peppers
1 celery stalk
1 cup diced carrots
1 onion
1 cup chopped cauliflower
1/2 cup salt
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon ...
Self-defense without guns
Tyler Davis
For the past few months, gun laws have been the No. 1 item on the national agenda. Congress has been debating gun control, the talking heads on TV are yakking about gun ...
‘Slacktivism’ not the solution
Tyler Davis
The controversial Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, which keeps same-sex married couples from receiving federal marriage benefits, might be struck down by the Supreme Court after it heard arguments favoring and ...
Freelance shouldn’t be free
Tyler Davis
Freelance journalist Nate Thayer posted a March 4 email correspondence he had that day with an editor of The Atlantic who asked him to write a post for the magazine’s ...
Fashion goes ‘postal’
The U.S. Postal Service announced Feb. 19 that it would be licensing a clothing line called “Rain Heat & Snow,” according to a Washington Post article.
Opinion writers weren’t able to ...
Scrumptious spreadable bacon
What is better than one strip of bacon? Two strips of bacon, or perhaps three. But in this Age of Bacon, there’s so much more to do with this delicious meat. Bacon ...
Scrumptious spreadable bacon
Tyler Davis
Moral Kombat
It’s human nature to search for reason in the face of tragedy. When violence against the innocent has been committed, we as a society seek a scapegoat. We want to feel in ...
Internet musician not ‘Glee’-ful about television show
Tyler Davis
#Democracy
The U.S. has more than 245 million Internet users, or 78 percent of the population, according to InternetWorldStats.com. Based on the recent election, this means the country has more Internet users than ...
Filibusted
The filibuster is an infamous practice used in the U.S. Senate that stalls legislation by allowing members to extend debates. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently said he would like to limit ...
Facebook users willingly giving up right to privacy
If you want to secede, we won’t stop you
Perhaps the timing of President Barack Obama’s re-election and the release of Steven Spielberg’s Abraham Lincoln biopic “Lincoln” isn’t a coincidence. Residents in all 50 states have recently filed petitions to secede ...
