School Stifes ‘Statesman’s’ Speech

As the former editor-in-chief of a high school paper, (and a good one at that), it upset to me read this article Monday in the Chicago Tribune (Yes, the Tribune still exists…at least for now).
According to the piece, administrators at Stevenson High School, in Lincolnshire, Ill. are placing new restrictions on the schools award-winning paper [...]

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Gregg’s departure sheds light on Obama failure

Gregg was one of the most prominent Republican appointees, and by acknowledging that he is uncapable of working with the Obama administration, Gregg is not exposing his own incapability of bi-partisanship, rather, he is exposing the President’s inability to practice what he preaches. The President needs to do more than just nominate Republicans, he needs to prove to them that he will actually listen to them.

He’s right. Obama was elect to usher in an era of change. But Gregg’s withdrawl is a prime example of Obama’s rhetoric stopping at the door of the Oval Office.

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Scoop Media Launches New Political Site

After successfully launched and maintaining the first ever national online newspaper that was completely student driven, Alexander Heffner and ScoopmediaInc are at it again, launching Scoop44.com in a matter of minutes. The first site, Scoop08, was created in order to cover the campaign for the Presidency, and enlisted correspondents to follow the dozens of politicians [...]

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RNC elects first black chairmen, thankfully not Blackwell

Three months after the U.S. made Barack Obama the first African American, Republicans have named  former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele the party chairman.

Steele beat out four other candidates, including former President George W. Bush’s hand-picked GOP chief Mike Duncan and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.

He takes the reigns of a [...]

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