Op Ed: Is Basic Literacy and the Joy of Reading Gone Forever?

Op Ed: Is Basic Literacy and the Joy of Reading Gone Forever?

May 17, 2013 8:00 pm
by Randi Dennis When I was younger, the places I most enjoyed hanging out in were bookstores and magazine shops. The joy of reading newspapers from not just across the US,...
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Op Ed: Apology to UK, EU & Rest of the World for Economic Quandry

By Randi L. Dennis Ordinarily, from the US side of the Pond, one would not pen, or in this day and age input to their PC such a piece. Let alone, say to some of our closest political and social counterparts, to say we are at the root of a major problem and owe an [...]

Op-Ed Republican Party Autopsy: Operation Was a Success-Patient Died

by Kyle Scott, PhD University of Houston The Republican Party looks like a sports team on a losing streak or a marriage when money is tight. They look like they are coming a part. Whenever things are not going well in any walk of life the small things take on greater significance and become a greater annoyance. Conversely, [...]

Women in Combat is More Than a Civil Rights Issue

by Dr Kyle Scott Univeristy of Houston We should not be surprised to see the U.S. outpace every other country in the developed world in domestic gun violence when it outpaces every other country in the world in international violence. Domestic and international cultures are not, and cannot be, compartmentalized. Writing over two thousand years ago Thucydides [...]

Expose Food Abuses – Face Terrorism Indictment?

by Theodora Filis The most effective way to keep American citizens silent and under control is through fear. The “spiral of silence theory” describes the process by which one opinion becomes dominant as those who perceive their opinion to be in the minority do not speak up because they fear isolation from society, or in [...]

The 2nd Inaugural Address of President Barack Obama

Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution.  We affirm the promise of our democracy.  We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of [...]

Gun Rights, Constitutional Interpretation, and Plato

by Kyle Scott, PhD University of Houston Over the objections of Republicans and gun rights activists President Barack Obama has proposed restrictions on gun ownership.. Some of the measures will be enacted through executive order thus bypassing congress and denying Republicans the opportunity to disrupt his agenda. This has led some Republicans, like Senator Rand Paul [...]