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Possibly one of the most popular ways to while away the time on a slow news day is speculation. Everyone can speculate, and it can even be fun. Did you hear there is already a short list of candidates to replace Justice Stevens – the Justice who is thinking about maybe possibly retiring sometime soon?…
Continue readingBy Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – April 8, 2010 The Supreme Court did not issue any opinions this week, choosing instead to issue orders and refuse to hear a series of appeals. Without any precedent setting landmark decisions, the big news this week revolved instead around a speculative frenzy over the potential…
Continue readingThis case raises important questions about what is expected from teachers in our society. Teacher accountability for student achievement on standardized tests is already a cornerstone of our educational policy. This podcast is based on Delores Amorelli’s April 6, 2010 newsroom article titled “Trial of Former Chorus Teacher Raises Questions About Accountability“. [powerpress]
Continue readingIn this podcast, staff Political Columnist Gode Davis, talks about some of the changes in immigration policy that may be around the corner and how it will effect employers and workers. Based on his April 1, 2010 article titled A Memorable USCIS Immigration Memo [powerpress]
Continue readingBy Gode Davis, staff columnist – April 1, 2010 2010 began with an unlikely bang initiated by a U.S. agency. It seemed innocent enough. “It” was a 19-page memorandum issued on January 8th by Donald Neufeld, Associate Director of Service Center Operations for the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) agency, and “it,” intended to clarify…
Continue readingBased on her March 30, 2010 article titled, Will Gay Marriage Advocates Get Support from the Supreme Court? staff Supreme Court writer Kristen Friend talks about the pending Propesition 8 case in California and it is likely to reach the U.S. Supreme Court. [powerpress]
Continue readingBy Kristen Friend, staff U.S. Supreme Court writer – March 30, 2010 Social issues have a unique ability to draw voters out to the ballot box regardless of whether the controversy at hand has any real effect on the lives of those casting their votes. Same sex marriage is no exception to this trend. The…
Continue readingBy Gode Davis, staff columnist – March 25, 2010 The Christian Right and their interpretations of Christianity have become a “given” in American society in recent decades. The current culture of Christianity boasts luminaries such as George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Tim LaHaye, and Joel Osteen among many contemporaries wielding pervasive influence and power. It…
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