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Opinion August 18, 2008  RSS feed
Don’t Get Me Started
Why local elections matter
     What many voters have trouble dealing with as we approach the Presidential election is whether the way they vote on the local level really matters. The mentality goes something like this: "Isn’t the White House the most powerful seat in the world? If so, why shouldn’t I worry about only who occupies that office?"
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In My Opinion
Missing child story doesn't ring true
     Unless you have been living under a rock I’m sure you have read or heard about Caylee Anthony. The 3-year-old has not been seen for more than two months and her mother, Casey Anthony has told investigators she left her child with a baby sitter, who seems to be a figment of someone’s imagination.
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Making Sense
Dreamers vs. Realists
     In any struggle between the dreamers and the realists the realists always win. We're seeing that played out right now as the supreme realist of our time, Vladimir Putin, not only is running circles around the dreamers of the West, but is also making them look like a bunch of incompetent ninnies.
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Raging Moderate
Too Americas
     Not content to be viewed as your ordinary run-of-the-mill hypocritical oaf, former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards compounded his monumental weaseldom by trying to sneak an overdue admission of serial monogamy infractions under the cloak of the Beijing Olympics.
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Chinese Hot Dogs
     If you're headed to Beijing for the Summer Olympics, I've got bad news: no dog meat for you. According to The New York Times, the Beijing Catering Trade Association has ordered 112 designated Olympic restaurants to take dog off the menu.
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Martha's Big Adventure
Sound Waves
     The sounds around us, and these days there's even more, can be either beneficial or whittle away at our sense of well-being. Volume, quantity and quality play a part in how we take in the auditory wallpaper that envelopes each of us every day. Spend any amount of time in a big metropolitan area like New York City and you will start to feel saturated by noises of every kind.
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