Every revolutionary movement needs a clear enemy. The French revolutionaries had the monarchy, while the Bolsheviks had the Tsarist aristocracy. Not to be outdone by those who came before them, the Occupy Wall Street movement has targeted the banks, modern hygiene, and the top one percent of income earners. Consequently, the most widely disseminated claim [...]
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Tax increase on the wealthy is unjustified
October 19th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
There seems to be a movement as of late pushing for a tax hike on the wealthiest Americans. This coalition includes President Obama, the Occupy Wall Street protesters, and even fellow columnist Brett Frazier. Indeed, one cannot ignore the cries lamenting the fact that the top 1 percent control 70 percent of all the wealth [...]
Technology not the cause of job loss
October 11th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
Technology took our jobs! That is, according to Douglas Rushkoff, who declared in his article Are Jobs Obsolete? featured on CNN that, “New technologies are wreaking havoc on employment figures.” That makes perfect sense, right? Technology often replaces manual labor; therefore, technology creates unemployment, or as Rushkoff put it, “Every new computer program is basically [...]
The perils of a secular state: fewer kids, growth
September 28th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
It is now eminently clear that the European model of governance simply does not work. One by one, each of the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain) will eventually pay the piper. The Germans won’t be there to bail them out this time, and if Bret Stephens of the Wallstreet Journal has any foresight, “the [...]
Harbinger of 2012 in NYC
September 21st, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
It’s fair to say Republicans were wrong about the efficacy of President Obama’s job creating (and/or saving) policies. Alas, my humble realization has nothing to do with CNN’s infallible fact-checker of truthiness, but is rather a result of last week’s elections.
The Anti-Knowledge Part’s smear campaign on Rick Perry
September 7th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
Texas Governor Rick Perry is now the clear frontrunner in the G.O.P. presidential primary. According to a Quinnipiac University poll released last week, he garners 24 percent support among Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents, which gives him a healthy lead over both Mitt Romney and Michelle Bachmann, whose numbers sit at 18 and 10 percent respectively. [...]
Life trumps right to privacy
August 9th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
The abortion debate is largely focused on the legal question of whether or not a woman ought to have the right to terminate her pregnancy. The right to an abortion was legally validated by the 1973 landmark decision Roe v. Wade, but the battle continues to rage over both the methods and timeframe in which [...]
Human History, Not Gay History
July 26th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed Senate Bill No.48 into law, making California the first state in the Union to require public schools to update their curriculum “to include a study of the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans.” Proponents of the bill gave three underlying reasons for their support: to combat [...]
Stop funding European Union, Asian defense
July 12th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
Americans are in need of a wakeup call. Before we go the way of Greece, we must come to grips with the looming debt crisis. Unfortunately, as it stands, the majority appears to be fundamentally unserious about taking the required measures to steer this nation off of its currently unsustainable course.
Solving America’s problems: look to families, not politicians
June 28th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
Sunday, June 19, was the 101st anniversary of Father’s Day. Like many Americans, I gave my father a call as a sign of appreciation and to respect the tradition.
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In contrast to Mother’s Day, Father’s Day tends to be low key. The contributions of a mother to her children are clearly visible, while a father’s role is often in the background.
Islam’s history supports modern violence
June 14th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
I would like to thank Brett Frazer for his response to my article “Islamic Violence Justifies Islamophobia,” in the May 31 issue of The Northern Light, because his views are a good representation of apologists for Islam in the West. And so it is with great enthusiasm with which I aim to dismantle his arguments in this week’s column.
French snobbery exposes elitist mentality
May 31st, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
A common critique of American society is the extent to which inequality runs rampant. It’s all been said before; how those lovely Scandinavian countries and many of their Western European neighbors have achieved a much greater level of egalitarianism than we have.
Chicago school bans bagged lunches, further strips parental rights
April 19th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
Whether it’s the recent ban on trans fat in California, sugary drinks in Massachusetts, or salt in New York, one thing is for certain, the state is becoming increasingly involved in the dietary choices people make. Until recently, these regulations only targeted what businesses and schools were allowed to provide. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, [...]
Abortion clash at heart of shutdown debate
April 12th, 2011 by Daniel McDonald
One of the more heated issues over the budget debate in Washington is the amendment passed by House Republicans to cut all federal funding of Planned Parenthood. As of now, the Federal Government subsidizes Planned Parenthood at a cost of about $360 million per year. And although this may seem like a lot, in the [...]
