Student loans: “Pay As You Earn” accelerated?
The economy might still be on shaky knees at best, but it’s not the credit cards that are hurting young adults’ pocketbooks the most lately; it’s student loans. This piece of news is a timely Dinner Topic because along with the data that student loans have overtaken credit cards as the number one source of [...]
GOP, J-O-Bs, Obama, and Reese Witherspoon
It’s been a busy news cycle, so if you are heading out, here’s a brief synopsis on what you need to know: The Republican debate took place last night, and the leading roles this time around went to Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. Perry is getting the support of late and called Social Security a [...]
Obama’s Budget for 2012
The country’s budget has been announced for 2012 and, as expected, Republicans have problems with it and Democrats praise it. Such is the process of politics. According to a Wall Street Journal article, “Mr. Obama’s budget offers up more than $1 trillion in deficit reductions over a 10-year period.” 1 Depending on the voting preferences [...]
Who is Hu?
Headlines today all read about Hu visiting the White House to meet with President Obama. If you are not up on your politics, you should know that Hu refers to President Hu Jintao of China1, and his arrival is an important one because of the constant tensions and differences in some of the most important [...]
Obama’s proposed tax deal
You might have heard phrases like “Bush era tax cuts” and “Obama’s tax deal” uttered in your presence the past couple days. If you haven’t been paying attention, President Obama recently reached a tentative deal with Congress which would extend the same tax rates individuals have been paying in recent years. Many Democrats are unhappy [...]
History of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
The openness of gays in the military has been a front page story off and on for over a month now, primarily because a judge ruled in September that the ol’ “don’t ask, don’t tell” law violates the First Amendment. Yesterday, a federal appeals court said “hey, slow down” on the overturning of the law, [...]
Is Obama a Muslim?
President Obama has gotten some criticism for his response to the planned mosque near Ground Zero. However, this isn’t the only time that Obama has had problems with Islam. In the last presidential election, the former Illinois senator was assailed because of his middle name Hussein as seen in the snopes.com article from 2008. Recently, [...]
Obama and the mosque in New York
One of the bigger circulating stories the past couple days is the talk of a proposed mosque to be built in New York City near the original 9/11 attacks. President Obama has become involved in the issue and there seems to be some confusion by his stance. A couple things: A mosque is a place [...]
