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(02/10/12 4:58pm)
Anyone who has been on AOL.com in recent years can undoubtedly attest to the site’s lack of quality journalism. Titles such as “Don’t Mess With This ‘Grandma’” and “Taste-Testing New Wendy’s Sandwich” litter the site, tributes to “The AOL Way.” The AOL Way refers to a recently leaked AOL memo profiling the company’s goals and methods for attracting readers.
(10/26/11 5:00am)
Wall Street has been prominently plastering the news in recent weeks. In addition to the high profile, low impact protests of the Occupy Wall Street movement, there has been the most noteworthy insider trading scandal to hit the epicenter of America's high finance.
(10/19/11 5:00am)
On Tuesday, the eighth Republican presidential debate was held in Las Vegas. There have been an abundance of debates recently- this one marked the fifth since the beginning of September- but no debate so far was nearly as testy and hostile as this one.
(10/12/11 5:00am)
Recently, there has been an epidemic infringement of U.S. voter rights occurring in states across the country. Currently, 14 states have passed laws that require voters to have photo identification. And perhaps 20 more have similar laws under consideration. The Supreme Court has said that the right to vote is a fundamental right, and it is perhaps the most fundamental of all our rights. It is truly the foundation of democracy.
(10/05/11 5:00am)
On Monday, justice finally reigned in Italy in the highly publicized and drawn out trial and appeal of Amanda Knox. Knox, an American college student studying abroad in Perugia had been convicted, along with her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, of the brutal murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007.
(09/28/11 5:00am)
Saudi Arabia is not the first country that jumps to mind when I think of tolerance and equality for women. Actually, it's one of the last I would name. In fact, a Saudi prince, nephew to King Abdullah, has been plastered in the news with allegations of rape. Currently, women are not allowed to vote and none sit on the Shura Council, the formal advisory body to the King
(09/07/11 5:00am)
So long as terrorism remains a threat to the American population and way of life, September 11th will never be too far from mind for many Americans and for New Yorkers in particular. Every time a suicide bomber launches an attack, thoughts and emotions — fear, anguish, anger, pride — all start to rise to the surface. The constant nature of the threat posed by insurgents makes the healing process seem drawn out.
(05/05/11 8:09pm)
There has really been only one thing in the news this week. I am referring of course to the successful raid by Navy SEALs of a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, culminating in the death of Osama Bin Laden. On May 1st, the FBI’s most wanted terrorist was finally killed nearly 10 years after he masterminded the 9/11 tragedy and after 30 years of violent jihadist terrorism. That day was coincidently my birthday and the news definitely added an extra bit of cheer to my day, as it did to most Americans and justice loving people the world over.
(04/28/11 6:31pm)
Yesterday Barack Obama released the long form of his birth certificate. Yes, his authentic “Certificate of Live Birth” from Honolulu, Hawaii dated August 4, 1961. This development, which when you think about it, is entirely trivial compared to the real issues he deals with as President, raises a couple of key questions.
(04/21/11 5:30pm)
Currently in N.Y., and perhaps in more states, practicing lawyers are not automatically exempt from jury duty. They can still be challenged or excluded from a particular case, like any other juror, for example, if they have an affiliation with any party involved, but they are forced to participate in jury duty just like anyone else.
(04/14/11 8:47pm)
This week, Fox News contributor Dr. Keith Ablow published a scathing criticism of a controversial photograph that was featured on J. Crew’s website. The photograph in question depicts J. Crew designer Jenna Lyons and her 5-year-old son smiling at each other after Lyons has painted her son’s toenails pink.
(04/14/11 7:40pm)
Hopkins hosted JohnCon, its annual science fiction and fantasy convention last weekend.
(04/01/11 2:00am)
America stands for a lot of things. Chief among them is freedom. I hope that everyone in America could name the freedoms granted by the First Amendment. These emblematically American freedoms include the right to choose which car you drive and how environmentally friendly you want to be.
(03/10/11 8:36pm)
Sexual harassment cases are always a sensitive issue and with good reason. They are often difficult to prove and in many cases pit an employer’s word against that of a harassed employee.
(03/03/11 11:45pm)
No topic has plastered the news in recent years as much as the financial crisis starting in 2007 that led to the worst recession since the Great Depression. One of the fundamental causes of this “Great Recession” was the bursting of the massive housing bubble that had been growing at alarming rates throughout the early 2000s.
(03/03/11 10:56pm)
On Tuesday, during his speech at Hopkins, world-renowned journalist Bob Woodward spoke of an “epidemic of disconnection” between the American populace and the U.S. Military. In order to understand how the tremendously important tie between the people and their armed forces has frayed, it is imperative to delve into America’s history.
(02/25/11 2:49am)
We Americans usually take for granted all of the comforts and liberties associated with a developed, democratic nation. It goes without saying that we are far better off than the populations of most countries around the world. However, that does not mean that the problems that plague third world countries could not happen here.
(02/18/11 1:12am)
What is newsworthy? While that definitely depends on whom you ask, certainly there are stories that every legitimate news agency should carry. The Egyptian riots fall into this category, but should the bar be set lower? Natural disasters receive coverage across the board, as do terrorist attacks. Double murder trials apparently do not.
(11/19/10 12:57am)
Wednesday, the terror trial of Ahmed Khaflan Ghailani reached a surprising conclusion. This trial received much press for being the first time a former Guantanamo Bay detainee has been tried in a civilian court. Ghailani was charged with more than 280 crimes regarding the 1998 terrorist bombings in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam, including over 200 counts of murder.
(11/11/10 11:02pm)
In contrast to the recent concerns about grade inflation across numerous campuses in the United States, Hopkins seems to be suffering from the opposite: grade deflation.