Tag / alex kaufman
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Demystifying Divestment
The national movement for fossil fuel divestment has reached Washington University, and several groups on campus have begun an effort to publicize the cause. Divestment is a complex economic and political strategy to address important social issues, and there has already been some debate and confusion over what exactly “divestment” means. The basic idea behind…
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Glenn Beck Is A Genius
Fact: Glenn Beck is a brilliant political strategist. We might all hate Beck, just like we hated Goebbels, and Lenin, and Mao, but we still had to admit they sure knew how to speak, and how to game their political systems. Beck does a lot of things very well but I want to focus on…
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A Murkowski Miracle
It looks like the incumbent Senatorial candidate form Alaska, Murkowski, has won the election there AS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE. This is unprecedented, because the whole point of our “democracy” is that you can’t win without the support of a party. Of course, she used to be a Republican, and as the incumbent she had a…
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Two Rallies One Mission
Some people seem to think that the twin rallies (albeit one good and one evil) Stewart and Colbert are holding are over the top. Critics claim that they are making a mockery of the system or are simply taking a joke to far. It has been argued that the two shows are the only real…
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A Matter of Taste?
A century ago, traveling freak shows–wagon trains of of bizarre humans, creatures, and artifacts–traveled across the United States thrilling and disgusting audiences for a bargain price. Today they have all but disappeared, thanks mostly to the ethical discomfort associated with the exploitation of others’ misfortunes as well as an increasing public distaste for the gory…
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Rahm Emanuel: Going, going, gone.
I’m glad to see Rahm Emanuel is leaving the White House with plans to announce his candidacy for mayor of Chicago. Rhambo, as he has not-so-affectionately come to be known, is famous for his hot temper and in-your-face style of getting things done. He once screamed at Tony Blair and Bill Clinton, and can be…
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The Ethics of Immigration
The immigration debate generally focuses on jobs, taxes, the use of resources and the law. Some people say immigrants will help the economy, other say they take American jobs. Maybe they will work hard and revive poor neighborhoods, or maybe they will take advantage of our schooling system at our expense. But its been years…
