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Posted on 06 November 2008 by Thomas Klind

I read somewhere that the average time spent in line at the polls is over an hour for the presidential election. Perhaps this explains the astonishingly low national voter turnout. In 2004, for example, less than 65% of eligible voters in the country voted (yet it seems as though almost 100% feel like they have [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Economics

Socialist bailout destroys America’s future A look at how the bailout package will compromise capitalism

Posted on 06 November 2008 by Adam Ryback

For many years Democrats have been working toward turning our free market economy into one that resembles a social market economy. However, we are now at a stage in our country’s history in which there is no longer strong and popular opposition to this trend. Thanks to legislation such as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Ethics, Stem cells

Conservative Christians and stem cells

Posted on 06 November 2008 by Robert Christensen

For years many conservative Christians have been criticized for being against “stem cell research.” This statement is completely false and makes the members of this group out to be irrationally afraid of new technology and innovation. The true position of the religious right’s view on this subject needs to clarified; they are opposed to the [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Politics

Republicrats Parties are polarized, but not mainstream America

Posted on 06 November 2008 by Austin Wozniak

The rancor and bitterness reflected in modern politics between the two parties is astounding. The differences between the far right and far left are radical and huge, and never have they been more apparent. However, the mainstream population, both to the left and right of the center, gets along just fine with one another. [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Economics

AIG: Will one more wrong move make this right?

Posted on 06 November 2008 by Carl Mueller

The New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has recently announced that AIG will be withholding bonuses and severance pay from the company’s former CEO and other upper level ex-employees. The amount being withheld is roughly $600 million. Cuomo has cited that these expenditures are extravagant and that due to the company’s debt to the American [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Abortion, Presidential Election

Catholic voters and the abortion factor

Posted on 23 October 2008 by Robert Christensen

I truly believe that neither Barack Obama nor John McCain will have a significant impact on many of the major issues facing this country. The economy will most likely take years to recover regardless of the economic reforms by either candidate. The troops are going to remain in Iraq and Afghanistan for years to come. And [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Energy, Presidential Election

Solving the energy crisis: Expanding nuclear energy is a good first step

Posted on 23 October 2008 by Adam Ryback

One of the most hotly contested issues in the political arena is the energy crisis. Since the Carter administration American politicians, economists and scientists have been racking their brains trying to improve America’s energy efficiency. It is common knowledge that gas prices have been soaring over the past few years but they are now steadily [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Social Justice

Practice social justice, respect the wealthy

Posted on 09 October 2008 by Robert Christensen

Social Justice has become an extremely engrained part of Marquette’s identity. Catholic social thought focuses on concepts such as dignity, solidarity and the common good. Groups on campus such as J.U.S.T.I.C.E., Soup with Substance and Midnight Run center on social justice issues by focusing most of their efforts towards ending poverty and human rights violations. [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Iraq

The Way Forward gets it wrong Staying the course may be best way forward in Iraq

Posted on 09 October 2008 by Carl Mueller

“The Way Forward” series hosted by The Les Aspin Center and The MU Law School had a presentation in the AMU ballrooms on the foreign policy problems facing America today and what the next President could do to effectively alter our situation in these problems. This presentation came at a very relevant time as [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Book review, Catholicism, Daniel Maguire

Marquette heretic writes new book: a review of Dr. Maguire’s Whose Church?

Posted on 24 September 2008 by Thomas Klind

Professor Dr. Daniel Maguire of Marquette’s Theology Department has come out with another book on Catholic moral ethics, entitled Whose Church? A Concise Guide To Progressive Catholicism. Dr. Maguire received his degree in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, has written over 150 articles for major publications and has been published twelve [...] Continue Reading

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