Author Archive for Kerry Wakely
End Internet Piracy, Not Liberty
The 21st century so far is the age of the Internet, and with the dominance of the Internet come certain basic expectations. Generally speaking, we expect free and easily accessible content, and the ability to easily contribute to that content or distribute it to our friends and family.
Up for Debate: Compulsory Voting – No, voting should not be mandatory
The United States is known for its generally apathetic electorate and low voter turnout. Compared to other democracies, we just don’t seem to care all that much about self-governance. To counteract this, some advocate compulsory voting.
The 99 Percent Keeps Growing
A recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study revealed that the richest 1 percent of Americans has gotten richer in the last 30 years while everyone else has only seen modest improvement, but anyone who has been paying attention to Occupy Wall Street probably already knew that.
Occupy Wall Street: A Movement Ignored
It’s only taken three weeks, but the Occupy Wall Street movement is finally receiving the attention it deserves. Sure, a lot of this attention has to do with the harsh response of the New York police to the protestors, as well as some of the movement’s more outlandish costumes and behavior, but it’s better than being ignored (I myself did not even know it was happening until they had been camped out for a week).
Big Man Upstairs Ends Huckabee Campaign
God does not want Mike Huckabee to run for President. Last Saturday night, the former Arkansas governor and 2008 GOP presidential candidate announced on his Fox News program that he would not be entering the 2012 race.
Being Friends with Obama is not OK
Poor Jon Huntsman. It isn’t bad enough that he is just fresh out of the Obama administration. In today’s hyper-partisan world, he made the very poor decision to be nice to our president.
Evaluating Facebook’s Advertising Policies
Once more, Facebook is under fire for taking advantage of its users to generate more ad revenue. This time, Facebook is accused of selling your correspondence on their website to advertisers to increase the accuracy of their marketing.
GOP Experiences Growing Pains
The big U.S. budget battle reached an unsatisfactory conclusion, and both sides are now stuck with a compromise they are not completely fond of for now. Curiously, the potential contenders for the Republican presidential nomination have been silent. This was a great time for them to throw some red meat to their conservative constituents and bolster primary voter support or take an easy shot at the president. Instead, they chose to ignore the issue entirely, and out of all the possible responses, this was probably the smartest.
Obama Waffles Again
President Obama appears to be playing both sides once again. The Obama administration has recently decided to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court, despite the president’s insistence that he does not support gay marriage. Everyone is surprised, both those in favor of gay marriage celebrating what appears to be a shift in the president’s opinion and those on the right who believed gay marriage would not be on the agenda in this administration. Both praise and criticism has been coming in, but none of it is justified.
Obama Nationality Debate A Stale Topic
Once again, the President’s citizenship and religion are up for debate. This so-called issue has really worn out its welcome, yet it persists, a tumor that continues to eat away at the President’s legitimacy in the eyes of his detractors. One thing I don’t think anyone would call it is an example of people having a right to their own opinion. However, this is precisely what John Boehner claimed in his latest appearance on “Meet the Press.”
