All of human achievement has been gained through progress.  Progress is forward motion towards an obtainable goal. The key word here is forward. Forward is where our country is heading. Forward is where President Barack Obama will take us.  Four years ago, then Sen. Barack Obama came along and inspired […]

This past weekend, Hurricane Sandy stormed through the tri-state area, downing trees, flooding streets, ruining beaches and leaving millions without power. Though Sandy has made a relatively quick retreat, we are all now left to pick up the pieces-literally. While we may be quick to joke about Hurricane Sandy canceling […]

In 2008, the youth vote propelled President Barack Obama into the White House, swept up by his promises of hope and change. Four years later, far fewer college students remain convinced that Obama is truly capable of delivering his end of the deal. When the youth wave helped remove the […]

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), otherwise shortened to Planned Parenthood, is a resource for reproductive and maternal health services. The organization offers low-cost or free healthcare, depending on an individual’s insurance and/or income. Planned Parenthood services include providing contraceptives, preventative cancer screenings, pregnancy testing, different types of counseling, […]

Debates: they’re all we wait for during election season. When the time actually comes to sit down and watch them, you just sit and scream at the television, mostly at the candidate trying to smear the image of who you know you’ll be voting for.  So with that, what is […]

I hate when people lie to me. They tell me that I have to either vote for this person or that one, and if I don’t like either, they tell me I have to at least go with the lesser of two evils. It’s as if I had to choose […]

The Twitter universe is a place where people can say whatever they want all the time. I cannot tell you how many times I have been fooled by a fake rumor about the death Bill Nye or Hugh Hefner that was spread using Twitter. Most of the time, it is […]

Regardless of whether you like it or not, the unmistakable “wub-wub” can be heard almost everywhere. The dubstep genre is now a decade old and still gaining momentum, making it, in my mind the strongest musical influence on our generation. But I use the word “musical” loosely. Dubstep is as […]

Over a month ago, a violent shooting in Old Bridge, New Jersey caught national attention as an ex-Marine opened fire inside of a Pathmark, killing two people and himself. A month later, this horrible tragedy is all but forgotten in the news, and it shouldn’t be. The shooter, Terence Tyler, […]

At this point, even if you haven’t yet become totally invested in analyzing Mitt Romney’s speech regarding 47 percent of our population, I’m sure you have at least heard mention of it. Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, has had some bad luck thrown his way, most of it by his […]