Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond once summarized Bill Clinton with such remarkable accuracy that any attempt by the former president to do likewise would result in consummate failure. For this characterization, Hammond made reference to the heartfelt honesty Clinton could generate with the spoken word.
As I meander through my daily routines, I am saturated by multimedia that tells me what our society values.
There's something seriously wrong with U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton. He has a penchant for deception.
A few weeks ago I finished reading "Lies My Teacher Told Me," a book that has been on my to-read list for far too long.
The draft is always a very touchy subject, especially in an election year. Perhaps this is why the Bush administration has been very quiet about the Universal National Service Act of 2003.
Driving down the narrow pathway to the spiritual retreat center, I knew this wouldn't be an ordinary day.
Michael Moore, you magnificent s.o.b. There are three groups of people who enjoy Michael Moore and his films.
Perhaps living in the politically correct bubble that is MSU has made me soft. Maybe it has incorrectly made me think that most people are relatively tolerant and understanding of the differences between people.
Most everyone has heard the story about Michael Moore's new documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." If somehow you haven't, here's the scoop, briefly: Moore's movie sharply criticizes George W.
Management take note: Just because you run a store, doesn't mean you run the world. After working too many years in not fabulous jobs in the evergrowing and most-annoying food-service industry, I've realized the people who are in charge of said establishments aren't always the most qualified for the job.
On most Tuesday and Thursday mornings, I walk past the Breslin Center on my way to class. My walk takes me past the Earvin "Magic" Johnson statue that now juts out in front of the Breslin ticket office, and I'm usually within 20 yards or so of his big bronzed likeness. I get to see Magic's visage twice a week.
To be totally honest, I've never been to the state of Hawaii. From pictures, postcards and word of mouth, I hear it's pretty gorgeous.
Plumbers, rappers, basketball players and pop princesses unite. A Louisiana legislator is cracking down on your crack-exposing behavior.
As an automotive enthusiast, I consider myself to have a good deal of vehicular knowledge. Consequently, I enjoy sharing this knowledge with others, often injecting myself into conversations regarding anything automotive. Over the past few years, I've noticed an interesting trend in where these discussions tend to lead.
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Does being a journalist mean you dislike President George W. Bush, or does disliking our president qualify you to be an accredited journalist? For that matter, why should anyone believe what a journalist has to say if it's readily apparent that the scribe has a vendetta for Bush?
"In some awful, strange, paradoxical way, atheists tend to take religion more seriously than the practitioners." That quote, attributed to Jonathon Miller, seems true for many atheists these days.
Tax evaders beware: You are unpatriotic. April 15 has come and gone. What a relief to millions of private Americans, and also to public corporations, which have a whole year to talk to their lawyers and accountants and plan how to avoid taxes in 2005.
Probably every individual at the university has at one time or another put some thought into the State of Michigan's double whammy decision to cut the amount of funding that MSU received this current school year.
Americans today detest inconvenience. In fact, in recent years we, as a nation, have become addicted to the sort of commercialism that depicts someone with the ability to drive an elephant-sized sport utility vehicle, talk on a microscopic cell phone, drink a double grande machiato with no foam, and order a super-sized drive-thru meal with a diet Coke all while using a Palm Pilot to order the latest pair of cargo pants from the Gap. Is this simply a revolution in multitasking, or have the intentions of convenience become the vehicle for a less-than-convenient lifestyle? It seems that with every new convenience innovation, the time allotted for normal everyday tasks diminishes. With the capability to conference call while flying first class to Beijing to seal the deal, employers today allow less time and/or leniency to their on-the-go employees.