1. Are People Clinging to their Guns and Religion?
April 23, 2009 Kyle Kubler After watching a recent 60 Minutes, the issue of gun control was brought to my attention. As stated in the program, there’s been a direct correlation between the increase in gun and ammunition sales and the worsening of the recession. The statistics brought me back to April last year when Obama uttered the ominous phrase that ...
2. California Gubernatorial Race – Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, Steve Poizner Early Favorites
March 8, 2008 Mac Zilber Who is in the lead in the early stages of next year's Gubernatorial race? That depends who you ask, and how you look at the numbers. We finally have a couple of polls on the race to parse. On the Democratic side, it's evident that centrist Senator Dianne Feinstein is the prohibitive favorite if she chooses to run. ...
3. No Human Rights in Bagram
When President Obama made the executive order to close Guantanamo Bay, I felt proud to be an American. Torture was no longer on my laundry list of American problems. Sure, it’s going to take over a year to disperse the prisoners in safe communities that won’t torture or kill them, but Obama’s act was a symbol of justice. When Obama ...
4. International Pressure Mounts as Israel-Gaza Conflict Intensifies.
January 16, 2009 Kyle Kubler What started on December 27th as retaliation for a prematurely broken ceasefire has now turned into an all-out offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. A ceasefire negotiated by Egypt, had for the most part, granted Israel and Hamas with six months of peace, but Israel claims Hamas began firing rockets into Israel during the final weeks ...
5. AUSD School Board Meeting – Dec. 16
Notes from AUSD School Board Meeting held on December 16, 2008. Charlie Blanchard has retired from School Board after serving four and a half years. New member, Patricia Low will be joining the board. Early Bird/ Late Bird Student’s whose family members are affected by the Late Bird schedule that has officially been proposed by the School Board, please attend the school board ...
6. Athens Ablaze
January 5, 2009 Kyle Kubler Last month, riots have been raging in Athens, Greece, due to the police shooting of 15 year-old Alexandors Gringoropoulos. The riots began in the Exarchia district of Athens, fueled by local anarchist groups. Shops have been burned and police cars have been toppled. So far, an estimated 70 people have been injured with more than 400 people ...
7. Council Watch: Lieber Cedes Mayorship, Hands It Off To Atkinson
December 19, 2008 Mac Zilber After an election in which his two pet candidates, his pet ballot measure, and his tactics were rejected by voters, Robert Lieber decided it was a good idea to pass off the mayor's gavel to somebody who was up for re-election in two years: Marge Atkinson. Lieber, who survived re-election by a margin of about 250 votes, ...
8. Governor Of Illinois Shames Self, Country
December 9, 2008 Mac Zilber Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is already known as a reasonably corrupt man, and has been rumored to have "sold" political appointments before, but has done nothing like this. Verified recordings from November 3rd indicate that Blagojevich planned to sell the senate seat in Illinois, which was going to be vacated by Barack Obama, to the highest bidder. ...
9. Canada’s Democracy Grinds to a Halt
December 5, 2008 About three years ago, I remember seeing a copy of the San Francisco Chronicle that had an article about dogs in New Orleans on page 1, with a tiny article on page 6 entitled "Canada's Government Topples." I always thought that was a wonderful microcosm for how much we care about our biggest trade partner. Due to the ...
10. Filibuster Watch: You Can Make The Difference
November 21, 2008 Mac Zilber Having Withdrawals from politics? Well, luckily for you, Georgia's senate race is still undecided, and they want you to make calls and get out the vote. Why would anybody in their right mind bother making phone calls for a runoff senate race? Because it's the most important senate race in many years. Allow me to explain. It takes ...
11. Can Zimbabwe Learn to Share?
On September 15 of this year, current president Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed a historic power sharing deal. This is one of the first times Mugabe has ever had to consolidate power; he has been the president of Zimbabwe for over 20 years. The decision for a power sharing deal between the two political rivals comes ...
12. Mark Begich Wins Senate Race, Daschle appointed Secretary of HHS
November 19, 2008 Mac Zilber You know, Alaska really needs to follow their neighbors' examples as far as counting ballots goes. Canada, to the east of Alaska, has their ballots counted within hours of an election. Russia, to the west of them, counts their ballots before people even vote! Regardless of tardiness, Alaska has finally counted enough ballots to determine that Mark ...