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The “Science” of Wall Street

August 31, 2010
By Laura Bramble

In this moment of passing blame for the financial woes, there is one place that the average American has failed to look- Wall Street. We have been trained to believe that Wall Street and its pundits are the factual bellwethers of the current state of the financial state of America.
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Another One Bites the Dust

February 25, 2010
By Laura Bramble

There are problems with yet another President Obama nominee, this time the nominee for Chief Information Officer. Vivek Kundra's former offices were raided by the FBI last week and arrests were made on charges that a former associate of Kundra's and a contractor which Kundra's former office had done a lot of business with...
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Freedom of Speech Goes Both Ways

February 20, 2010
By Laura Bramble

I am a liberal on social issues and that I am firmly in favor of same sex marriage. That said, I am very disappointed in the treatment of Miss California, Carrie Prejean. In every press release or interview I have seen, she has expressed her views in nothing other than a polite and respectful...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

February 18, 2010
By Laura Bramble

I don't envy Congress, the Obama Administration, and AIG's Edward Liddy. They are stuck in a tight spot. They have to try to find a situation that will appease everyone while fulfilling a contractual obligation and promoting what is fair at the same time.
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America – The Paragon of Virtue?

February 11, 2010
By Laura Bramble

In talking about the Holocaust, I have heard many people in this country ask, "How could the German people not know what was happening in their own country? And how could they ignore it when they did know? Doesn't that mean they agree with what was going on in their hearts?"
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Musings on Freedom and Equality

February 10, 2010
By Laura Bramble

Three notable things happened this week. One, a conservative midwestern state, Iowa, through their court, legalized same sex marriage. Two, a second state in New England, Vermont, legalized same sex marriage through its legislature. Three, it was revealed that a poll taken of Catholics found that, even though church rules forbid homosexual activity while...
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