America is fat. It’s not just my opinion - it’s a saturated fact, and Michigan is ranked as the third highest state with overweight people. The expanding waist problem has emerged into the media’s hungry eyes, thanks to New York resident Caesar Barber, 56, who is suing McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC and Wendy’s for making him obese.
“A lot of weddings this July,” my friend Sheldon said. The two of us were relaxing last week on the patio of a local bar, soaking up the sun while he was soaking himself in beer.
In this cold, cruel, world where the under-21 crowd are segregated from those who are “of age,” I searched for the answer to a prodding question that has plagued me since I have become a so-called adult. Since I’m 19, I can serve and die for my country.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be a fly on the wall in the corner of eternity, listening to the dialogue going on beyond the Pearly Gates, Valhalla, the Elysian fields, nirvana or whatever name we humans have placed on that land beyond time - the land of everlasting life.
I have a confession to make: I listen to Rush Limbaugh. Yes, he is loud. Yes, he is obnoxious. Yes, he makes a factual or historical error almost every time a long, convoluted rant emanates from his mouth into the microphone. However, political discourse is interesting, and even if I have to yell or issue a retort to the inanimate boombox sitting on the shelf, I would rather argue with Rush than listen to inane disc jockeys break the limits of vulgarity in between the three songs their station manages to force alongside the commercials each hour. And now, each time I am involved in a discussion about school vouchers, the first person I think about is always Rush “talent-on-loan-from-God” Limbaugh. Please, help me. With it’s recent 5-4 decision upholding a Cleveland school voucher program, the U.S.
Just recently, I stepped outside for a cigarette break. As I lit up, a woman walking into the building decided to make a comment. “Trying to help the deficit?
I’ve written several columns categorizing the different types of drunken, stumbling students who litter the MSU campus at night and sometimes during the day - but I’ve always done so with a cynical and angry pen.
Sometimes I lay in the bed at night and constantly chant to myself, “I really need to change my life.” Over and over the statement dances around my head.
As I am not a woman, I cannot be totally sure of the impact an abortion can have on someone. Whether it is emotional, mental or physical, I’m sure there must be some level of effect on the woman having the procedure. And as if this and the procedure itself aren’t traumatizing enough, she also must go up against the pro-life activists. These activists block entrances, hound and shout at patrons - basically doing everything in their power short of physically assaulting women to get them to change their minds.
I’m sure everyone is sick of reading columns on the Pledge of Allegiance by now, so today I’m going to talk about something else that has ties to religion - ethics. I know that sounds like a boring subject, but given recent headlines showcasing shady accounting practices, and now a lawsuit, against Vice President Dick Cheney and the oil company he ran for five years, I think it’s worth some discussion. President George W.
Blah blah blah, the Pledge of Allegiance and so forth. I’m sure every other columnist over the last couple of weeks has more than addressed every possible viewpoint that you’d care to read, so I’m going to bring up something just as insightful.
Have you ever wondered what exactly our legislators in Washington think about when they propose legislation?
This past weekend, having a few hours, I watched the movie “Shallow Hal.” I thought the comedy might be a good way to relieve some of my agitation that had built after I had spent the week kvetching about the Pledge of Allegiance debate.
I’ve been an innocent, Catholic, law-abiding citizen for 20 years; no underage drinking, no pot smoking and no jaywalking - until now.
MSU has a large number of classes where the total enrollment of students is well into the hundreds. These are classes where seats are scarce and the only interaction a student has during class might be yelling out an answer when the professor offers a rhetorical question.
In a country engulfed in violence, terrorist attacks are an everyday concern for the people of Israel.
Despite the fact my television set blanked out once last night during the second annual Black Entertainment Awards held at Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, watching the event was both entertaining and challenging.
“Everybody deserves a second chance.” That’s not something you hear in the business world very often, and it’s certainly not something anybody hears in relation to the flaming wreckage of the dot-com business model.
It is with some trepidation that I voice an opinion that might raise the anger of a few people on campus.
“Experience,” wrote Benjamin Disraeli, “is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action.