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Radiohead has announced that they will sell the digital version of their new album "In Rainbows" online starting October 10 with no strings attached – fans decide how much to pay, if anything. The music will also be “sold” without digital rights management software, which means there is nothing preventing it from being “stolen” and distributed freely.  Read More »

In light of the recent Michael Vick convictions and O.J. Simpson accusations, I feel it is necessary to reconsider the position of athletes in our society.  Read More »

On Friday, Hillary Clinton made a suggestion to give every baby born in America a “baby bond” of $5,000 from the government to go towards their adult housing or education needs. Baby bonds are not a new idea, but they are a very controversial. Approximately 4 million children are born in the United States every year; that’s $20 billion to the baby bond program, times four years of Hillary’s potential presidency, equaling a total of $80 billion. Where is this money going to come from?

I do not support "the Jena 6" because I cannot say that any provocation warrants the response of a violent crime.  Read More »

Being a First Child means that, for at least one of your parents, you have to come second. A President of the United States ideally takes upon his or herself to put aside personal biases and, for four years, makes America the number one priority. There have been many women who have lived in the White House through the years. Out of all the First Ladies, Hillary Clinton is undoubtedly the most controversial, and also one of the most protective of her child. She very clearly laid down the line early on, and let people know that Chelsea was off-limits to the press.  Read More »

We live in turbulent times; our minds constantly pulled this way and that by the media and our professors, friends and family, what is fact and what is fiction? Who should we believe? The only answer is to do the research, find legitimate sources, unearth the facts, and discover the truth for yourself.

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The recent scandal concerning the “Taser This: F**k Bush” column written in the Rocky Mountain Collegian, the daily student newspaper at Colorado State University, forces me, as a college student and a writer, to consider freedom of speech on a more personal level.  Read More »