Articles Tagged ‘ National Politics ’
September 22, 20109:02 am
Political Activism in the Era of the Sound Bite
By Dave Chase
The election season is upon us and this is by no means an ordinary election cycle. Anger and hatred have dominated our political dialogue just two years after hope and change reigned.
February 9, 20105:57 pm
Gansler Talks Defense Acquisition in the Obama White House
By Rosa Trembour, Staff Writer
On Thursday, Jan. 28, the Honorable Jacques S. Gansler delivered a talk at St. Mary’s Hall entitled “Issues in Defense Acquisition for the Obama Administration.” Dr. Gansler served as Undersecretary for Defense from 1997-2001, and is currently a professor at the University of Maryland as well as Director of the Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise.
January 28, 201010:58 pm
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA)–A Warning Shot
By Dave Chase
On Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, the impossible happened. A little-known Republican State Senator, Scott Brown, won the special election for the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts. Why so impossible? Registered Democrats have a 3-1 majority over Republicans in the Commonwealth. No Republican has won a Senate seat in 40 years. Martha Coakley, the [...]
September 22, 20098:05 am
President Obama's Healthcare Mistake: Bipartisanship
By Dave Chase
After a summer of brutal town halls, lunatic TV/Radio hosts and angry protesters, it’s hard to say that President Obama’s health care reform effort is where he, or the millions of Americans supporting him, hoped it would be. With three bills, two from the Senate and one from the House, floating around, it looks like [...]
January 27, 200911:30 am
College Community Celebrates Inauguration
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
In Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2009 Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. Here at the College, students and professors celebrated by partaking in several group events. Students were invited to watch the inauguration unfold on several venues on campus; Cole Cinema and the River [...]
