By Joe Skoog ’13 THE ROUNDUP In a list of important issues for President Barack Obama’s second term, the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act” would usually not seem very relevant. This transportation bill focused on creating both incentives for companies to build infrastructure and subsidies for companies to streamline the highway system […]
By Michael Ahearne ’14
THE ROUNDUP
We are all familiar with the War in Iraq in some way, shape or form.
Some of us look at Iraq as a success, while others look at it as a failure.
The Iraq War began March 20, 2003, with the U.S. invasion of Iraq under the administration of President George W. Bush.
As Americans watched from their TV and computer screens Tuesday night, President Barack Obama in his State of the Union Address reminded Americans about the importance of innovations as a source of wealth for the country.
Though jobs was the focus in the address, President Obama spent several minutes connecting innovations, energy policy and infrastructure to economic recovery and job growth.
“All these investments — in innovation, education, and infrastructure — will make America a better place to do business and create jobs,” the president said.
President Barack Obama is breaching into his third year in office, marking three years since one of the ugliest elections in recent history.
At the time rumors went rampant, specifically against Obama.
Conservatives condemned him for being socialist, not a naturally born American and then questioned his faith.
Obama, a practicing Christian, was ridiculously and irrationally called out for being Muslim.
A new disease is threatening the nation along with the dreaded swine flu: Obamaphobia, the irrational and intense fear or frantic aversion of President Barack Obama.
Sure, a “phobia” is a psychological condition, but Obamaphobia appears to be spreading like a virus since the president’s inauguration in late January.
First, a disclaimer: This is not an approval or disapproval of the president’s policies. Sufferers of Obamaphobia should check their prescriptions and their judgment before they continue reading.
President Barack Obama has faced many problems in his fledgling administration: the economy, two wars and potential nuclear development in North Korea and Iran.
One has to ask what the president is doing running around collecting Nobel Prizes and trying to secure an Olympic bid for Chicago?
It should be apparent that in these troubled times we have bigger problems than tourism and public image.