Could it finally be time? Has the merry-go-round come to a stop?
If the GOP wants to finally start building party unity and momentum, Mitt Romney’s victory in Florida should be the signal fire for those who actually care about building strength for the presidential election (which is now only a surprisingly close 10 months…
Articles by Michael Reiser
The Reiser's Edge: Romney: just win, baby
Columns: Occupy John Carrot
After six and a half semesters here, I’ve become fed up with an assortment of aggravating aspects of campus life.
For example; aren’t you sick of having to walk to class?
Shouldn’t administration provide shuttles for us during the winter months?
Tuition is the highest it’s ever been, and the students should come first if…
The Reiser's Edge: America’s sound and fury
If you’ve been following the news lately, you may have noticed the wide variety of stories circling around the media outlets.
But for me, there seems to be a common thread which rounds them up and sews them together – confusion.
Republicans were dismayed Tuesday morning by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision not to…
The Reiser's Edge: California students walk the line
Even though he definitely would not be ideologically in tune with them, former World News Editor Sean Webster must be proud of the political activism of a few students on Berkeley College’s campus in California. The students belong to a Republican student group and are raising money in the timeless fashion of a bake sale.…
High unemployment rates still remain in West and South
The nation’s unemployment problems just won’t seem to go away.
In a report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on regional and state employment, 26 states and Washington, D.C., reported increases in unemployment, while only 12 reported unemployment decreases from July to August.
The national unemployment rate remained the same at 9.1 percent from…
A whole new love for Wilco’s 2011 album
Frontman Jeff Tweedy and his boys are back.
After its blander 2009 outing, “Wilco (The Album),” Wilco has come back with a diverse, monster album in line with both its experimental tendencies – like 2002′s “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” – and its roots – as in 1996′s “Being There.”
“The Whole Love,” which came out Tuesday,…
The Reiser's Edge: Where is the money coming from, Mr. President?
This past week as you may know, President Obama proposed a deficit reduction plan. He made it clear that to cover the sky-rocketing deficit, he is going to raise the taxes of high income Americans by letting the Bush-era tax cuts expire.
“It is wrong that in the United States of America a teacher or…
The Reiser's Edge: The Michelle Bachmann Show
You hear every so often of celebrities taking a foray into politics, like the rumblings of Donald Trump running for president or Stephen Colbert running for Congress. But rarely do you see it go the other way.
When I saw that Rod Blagojevich and Sarah Palin’s respective forays into reality television in the past couple…
The Reiser's Edge: It still moves
This column is dedicated to two men who instilled important ideals in me. With the anniversary of 9/11 around the corner, two of those ideals are front and center in my mind.
The first is how incredibly proud I am to be American. Most of us have our roots in different countries, celebrating our heritage…
Pakistan angered by bin Laden mission
Pakistan criticized the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden as an “unauthorized, unilateral action,” laying bare the strains the operation has put on an already rocky alliance.
U.S. legislators along with the leaders of Britain and France questioned how the Pakistani government could not have known the al-Qaida leader was living in a garrison…
The Reiser's Edge: The end of an era
Just like that infamous day almost a decade ago now, I will always remember where I was and what I was doing when I learned that Osama bin Laden had been killed. As I was watching hockey highlights, my roommate yelled to me, “We got bin Laden! People’s Facebook statuses are going crazy right now!”…
The Reiser's Edge: Lose the battle, win the Presidency
Though the 2008 presidential election is two and a half years in the rearview mirror, Republicans are yet to find a worthy candidate to defeat incumbent President Barack Obama in 2012.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has all but announced his intent to seek out the nomination, while Mitt Romney, the ex-governor of…
Ivory Coast political turmoil nearing end
After the bloodiest episode of violence since the Ivory Coast’s disputed presidential election in November, the West African country gained a glimmer of hope as the French government said Tuesday it was negotiating the surrender of Laurent Gbagbo, the former president who has refused to give up power after legitimately losing the election four months…
The Reiser's Edge: Point your finger properly
Congratulations to Sean Webster, the man I’m taking the reins from, for three years of service to The Carroll News and First Place in the Region 4 Mark of Excellence in General Column from the Society of Professional Journalists. You’re the “Derg.”
Last week, I wrote about Newt Gingrich’s divisive comments about how he believed…
The Reiser's Edge: What rough beast slouches toward U.S.?
Imagine a modern day Abraham Lincoln, arguably the greatest president in American history, running for president in 2012 under the Republican ticket. Even for the hardcore liberal, this sounds pretty appetizing. In fact, I think he would win an election facing any other American historical figure, past or present.
Now imagine a candidate of his…
OurView: Terry Pegula is Buffalo sports’ Barack Obama
Let’s play word association. Ready? Hope and Change. Let me guess, you thought of Barack Obama, that is, unless you are a Buffalo sports fan. A man by the name of Terry Pegula recently bought the Buffalo Sabres, and that’s whom you probably thought of if you are a Sabres die-hard, or if you are…
Gadhafi cracks down hard on protesters
As Egypt continued to take significant steps earlier this week toward a new government, its neighbor, Libya, continued to erupt with protests and the violent response of Col. Moammar Gadhafi and his security forces in an effort to shut them down.
Gadhafi, the leader of the oil-rich North African country for the past 40 years,…
The Reiser's Edge: ObamaCare: selling hope and headaches
When you ask people what the purpose of government is, you’re going to get a lot of different answers. “Government exists to protect its citizens,” or “government exists to serve the people,” or something along either of those lines.
What President Barack Obama plans to do with his health care plan is to do exactly…
Bush cancels Swiss trip after human rights groups threaten action
It’s no secret that former President George W. Bush has received his fair share of criticism over the years for his stance on waterboarding and torture. Last week, however, Bush tasted a new flavor of criticism. He was forced to cancel a trip to Geneva, where he was to speak at a Jewish charity dinner,…
The Reiser's Edge: We’re not the only “Land of Opportunity”
Along with 12 of my fellow students, I partook in one of the school’s immersion trips over winter break to the Dominican Republic and had a wonderful experience. After witnessing the lack of opportunity for the people that we met in one of the nation’s many small villages (called bateys) made up of poor sugar…
WikiLeaks exposes secret U.S. foreign policy
Thanks to independent Australian journalist and hacker Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, the curtain has been pulled back on hundreds of thousands of American diplomatic documents and cables, otherwise kept secret from the public.
Published via WikiLeaks, top-secret information dealing with the international relations of the United States has been put on the Internet for…
