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Recently, due to Presidential candidate Barack Obama's comments in Pennsylvania, elitism in government has been given a new lease on life. Variations of this insult have been used to deride "academics" and "intellectuals" since 1964, according to the recent article in The Nation called "Who Are They Calling Elitist?”  Read More »

29 February 2008

Congress recently collected a list of 136 colleges and universities who received more than $500 million dollars in endowments. The colleges were asked to disclose their financial information so Congress could review it. This is part of Congress’s plan to lower the cost of high education for students and their families.  Read More »

obama has gone, in my beleif a little to far, in his raising tax idea. If an american makes a salary of over 100,000 thousand dollars, he's bumps their federal tax up to 12%. thats crazy. that's 12,000 dollars and remember that's only federal taxes. not to mention any state and local taxes. he's also bumping up business taxes, do you think he;s going to far.  Read More »

I recently got my parking pass so I could drive myself to school. I get to school early, so I get the closest spot to the door. I don't NEED that spot. But I like it. So I park there. I guess there was some unwritten code that the spot just so happened to BELONG to this kid, Keith. Keith is the popular kid that even the popular kids despise.  Read More »

I know its past visitin hours, but can I please give her these flowers?
the doctor don’t wanna take procedures, he claim my heart cant take the anesthesia
it'll send her body into a seizure, the little thing by the hospital bed, it'll stop beepin  Read More »

Edited to add-  I have just kept my first fast of the month of Ramadan  (it is 5:25 here in Philly) and I know it will be really tough not being able to drink (espec.) any water or something until 6:30 in the evening, the eating part, I can handle but water...  Read More »

Every time I see someone with a "will work for food" sign, I feel unbelievably sympathetic for this grungy, tattered person standing at the corner of a busy highway intersection. I have seen so many people turn their heads and look away, afraid that if they help, they are fueling someone's drug addiction and bad life choices.  Read More »