The world is falling apart. Earthquakes and floods are trying to destroy the human race, teacups are bagging Washington (or something), Toyotas have minds of their own, the iPad is plotting the death of all laptops and for some reason people are watching Jay Leno again. Really? Leno? The only thing funny about him is his chin.
National Security
In recent weeks, the question of how to prosecute terrorists has come to the forefront of the news cycle. Since November of last year, Attorney General Eric Holder, among other members of the Obama Administration, has advocated for this avenue of justice for the prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
National Security
As I passed through Syracuse Hancock TSA last week, I found it rather nauseating that a fellow American had the audacity to put up a stink about taking off her shoes before walking through the security detector. It’s a small price to pay in a post-9/11 world.
Beth Rotenberg is Jewish, Pueto Rican, Canadian and a member of the women’s hockey team. In this column, she gives her unique perspective as a member of these various groups at Colgate.
Having lost their 60-seat supermajority in the Senate, Democratic leaders are speaking out more and more against the filibuster. For those who don’t know, Senate rules of debate allow a senator to speak indefinitely, effectively delaying the body’s work until he or she chooses to stop speaking or a supermajority of 60 senators vote to shut him or her up. This delaying tactic is known as a filibuster and as long as 40 senators are willing to vote against ending the debate, it means that a minority of senators can delay the passage of a bill forever.
