Rhetorically, 2009 was Main Street’s year. Despite the beatings the American middle class took as a result of the recession, “Main Street” was the talk of the town—especially if that town was Washington. Over and over again throughout the year, we heard the merits of the hard-working, small-time entrepreneurs of the middle class lauded from all points on the political spectrum.
POINT Physician-Assisted Suicide is a Slippery Slope Toward a “Right to Die” for People Who Are Not Terminally Ill By Helen Lee Staff Writer To say I was alarmed after stumbling across the London Times headline, “Swiss crackdown on ‘suicide tourism’ could spell the end of Dignitas clinic” would be a vast understatement.
When Americans think of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), they usually think of an innovative, prodigious government agency—one that has made advances in technology that we use in our everyday lives, and greatly advanced human knowledge by finally making it possible to reach beyond the bounds of the Earth’s gravity and land on the moon.
Olympic Expenses Would Have Wrought Economic Havoc on the Wind
It came as a shock to Chicago residents to hear their city eliminated first at the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) session in Copenhagen, Denmark earlier this month. After all, their bid ranked highly in the IOC’s evaluations over the past few months, much of the infrastructure was already in place and the United States has proven many times that we know how to host the Olympic Games.
While the Pacific Nation is in Peril, Even Regular News Followers in the U.S. Remain Uninformed
For a while now, it has seemed as if both earthly and supernatural forces were out to get the Philippines. Tensions from terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, along with the severe damages from the country’s recent typhoons Ketsana and Parma, have caused nothing but violence and death in the Philippines.
Whether or Not Obama Deserved it, His Nobel Victory May Have Far-Reaching Consequences for the U.S.
I recently procured a job walking a dog—Schubert, a terrier—on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through Central Park. I am to make sure that he gets his daily exercise, offer some relief from the four walls of his owner’s apartment and make sure he does not pick up stray papers in his mouth as we walk the streets.
We live in a world of instantaneousness. Over the last couple of decades, specifically post-September 11, we have become constantly aware of the news. We follow events around the world, every second of the day, by way of 24-hour cable news networks and, of course, the Internet in its endless stream of happenings.
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