April, 2010

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The “Eco-Pod”

The “Eco-Pod”

Now that the race to release the tablet readers has ended, there’s a new competition—which company can save the...

Praying for Westboro

Praying for Westboro

Never before have I ever seen such support for the community as what I witnessed on April 10, 2010....

Westboro Church Protests at Drake

Between 400 and 500 people gathered on the south side of Drake University’s campus last Saturday to oppose a...

Drake Counter-Protests the Westboro Baptist Church

Between 400 and 500 Drake University students gathered on Saturday morning to demonstrate against the Westboro Baptist Church. The...

U.S. Deficit 101

U.S. Deficit 101

The US economy took a sour turn in 2008 and left a lot of people asking how we got...

Dollars and Change

Dollars and Change

This month's health care reform bill also includes some surprising benefits for college students: student loan changes. Put simply,...

Get Rich Quick – For a Price

Get Rich Quick – For a Price

If reading this blog makes you a millionaire, you'd probably want to read it a thousand times, wouldn't you?...

What the Census Counts

What the Census Counts

Since early March, I’ve been excited to fill out the 2010 Census. I checked my mailbox daily, hoping to...

Too Broken to Fix

Too Broken to Fix

America is in a bad mood. Poll after poll reports that citizens have little confidence in the institutions they’re...

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