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Favorite RCL Posts: Debate Analysis Part II- Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium This post explored an interesting event that occurred last fall. During the Presidential Debates, Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly got together and had a real, honest debate about … Continue reading →

1)  How do international copyright laws work?  Is there such a think? For example, if I want to use a clip from a British film, are the laws there different from laws here? 2) How do I even get a … Continue reading →

I personally don’t believe that determining whether something should be considered a public issue or not is that difficult.  In my simplistic definition, something can be called a public issue by two easy criteria:  if people choose sides over it … Continue reading →

I got to vote for the first time on Tuesday.  Overall, I’d have to say it was rather unremarkable.  My dad attempted to get into a political argument (but failed when the guy agreed with him) and I got to … Continue reading →

     I’ve found a few common characteristics of TED talks that I like.  Most importantly, I’ve found that I like subjects that I feel like I know something about, but someone else knows a lot more.  That sounds kind of … Continue reading →

January 8, 2011.  One beautiful Saturnday morning outside a convenience store in Arizona, US Representative Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with citizens from her district.  Several minutes later, 20 people were injured.  Six were dead.  The representative herself had a bullet … Continue reading →

After watching last night’s presidential debate, I’m a little bit worried about our next four years.  I know that the world isn’t about to implode if either Obama or Romney are elected president.  However, neither of them put on a … Continue reading →

I ran across this video today while perusing the news.  I’ll admit that Jon Stewart is one of my favorite people on this planet.  I feel as if he is really good at pointing out hypocrisy and lies in politics and … Continue reading →

     While reading the news lately, I’ve noticed something disturbing.  I believe that our nation has the attention span of a small mammal.  Going from one news site to another, everyone talks about the next “big” news story.  For example, … Continue reading →