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PRESIDENTIAL CONTRACT WOES
Click here for coverage on the controversial vote not to renew President Dunn's contract.
Always on the clock
“Don’t be on your phone,” my manager said to me in a hurried fashion. “They’re watching us right now, and I don’t want to have to get yelled at.” So…
Work till you drop
When the smoke cleared May 1, 1886, 11 people had died in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. More than 100 were injured, and more than 100 were placed under arrest by Chicago…
Born in the U.S.A: Flipping Murray State the Bird
When I found out that Mitch McConnell would be giving Murray State’s commencement address, I nearly crashed. And I mean that literally, because I was driving when I got a…
Born in the U.S.A: And yet, she lives.
“The best way to honor Baroness Thatcher is to crush liberalism and sweep it into the dustbin of history,” said Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) in a statement released upon news…
Born in the U.S.A: Paid sick days a must
Eighty-six percent of Americans support it. Ninety-four percent of liberals and 81 percent of conservatives view it as a basic right. San Francisco, Portland, New York City and the state…
Born in the U.S.A: Reaganomics: A failing grade
“You’ve got to go to college if you want to make something of yourself,” goes the usual refrain. But is it true? If it is, why? And if it is,…
Born in the U.S.A: Watchdogs, not lapdogs
As I sat in the front seat of my mother’s car on the night of March 19, 2003, I listened intently to the words of President George W. Bush as…
Born in the U.S.A: Big Brother in the workplace
One thing that always baffles me about my conservative friends is how inconsistently they apply their ‘live and let live,’ philosophy. Keep out of the corporate boardrooms, they say, but…