Posts by Chris

Tonight marks the eve of the Florida primary of the GOP for the 2012 presidential election. Although the two front runners so far have been Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, Romney is predicted to win by a safe amount. Prior to all of this, Romney won both Ohio and New Hampshire while Gingrich won South Carolina. The two have been bucking heads more than ever and have been throwing each others “personal baggage” back and forth. It is estimated that Romney has spent about 17 million dollars on advertising in Florida while Gingrich has spent about 5 million.

The budget crisis has proven to be detrimental to the United States by devastating the economy both at home and abroad. The question can no longer be should we cut spending but when. Washington needs to get on board with the American people and realize we can not advance our country by causing more problems. Excessive spending is like trying to pull ourselves out of a bucket with the handle. Overtime spending will be reduced in most areas and one of those should be defense spending.

Recently in my English class we read Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. The letter was written in 1963 in the heart of the civil rights movement while King was in jail for organizing a non-violent protest. In jail, King produced one of the most magnificent pieces of English literature I have come to acknowledge along with additional people and scholars. Segregation and the oppression of the Negro is the prevailing theme of the letter that King challenges it with his brilliant wisdom. The reasoning behind King’s letter is what attracted my attention.

It would be easy to assume that all celebrities are nincompoops without having learned about Daniel Craig, also know as James Bond. He summarizes the Kardashians up better than anyone else. Personally, I have an utter abhorrence to that family and everything it stands for. I can honestly say I do not even know why they are famous. Nonetheless, Daniel Craig is a simple man who believes “he’s got a good reason for all the secrecy” in his life. He is rightfully correct. Nowadays, it is nearly impossible to be a celebrity without loosing privacy and respect among other things.