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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Congress's approval rating is worse than President Bush's: 3 of 17

Indeed Congress' approval rating as an institution is lower than President Bush's, but this is not new or an anomaly; this is a fact, not an argument. President Bush's approval rating is at all time lows and that is the story - not vis-a-vis Congress. GW Bush now has outpaced his father post-Gulf War in presidential approval...
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Easy ways your family can "go green": 52 of 219

Easy Ways Your Family Can "Go Green": There are a variety of extremely simply ways for a family to green. The main differences in what a family can do vary by location, money, and desire. Electricity Use: The most obvious way to limit electricity use is to turn off lights when you leave the room. Only keep on lights in the h...
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology How concerned are Americans about US foreign affairs?: 4 of 12

Generally, Americans do not pay attention to or are concerned with US foreign affairs. This has been proven over and over again by media and political communication scholars. One way out for this lack of attention is to can argue that the US is so huge with so many events taking place, it is hard enough to know what's going ...
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness, by Coheed and Cambria: 1 of 3

Coheed and Cambria Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. I: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness Equal Vision Records/Columbia Records Grade: A-/A Very few people, including the members of Coheed and Cambria, probably could have predicted or expected the band's meteoric rise since 2003 issuance of their second album In Keep...
Politics, News & Issues > Football News & Opinion Reflections on Michael Vick's alleged involvement with dog fighting: 23 of 47

Michael Vick was indicted on 7/17/07 by a federal grand jury for sponsoring a dogfighting operation in Virginia. Through Bad Newz Kennels, pitpulls lived, trained, and fought at an estate owned by Vick in Surry County, VA. A variety of grizzly details exist about Vick and associates killing losing dogs. NFL Commissioner Roge...
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Where You Want to Be, by Taking Back Sunday: 1 of 2

Taking Back Sunday Where You Want to Be Victory Records Grade: A- It is hard to believe that this is only Taking Back Sunday's second record, as they seem to have been dominating the arena for much longer than three years. And yet it is. A new record that debut at #3 on the Billboard charts and is still selling vast quantiti...
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: For Blood And Empire, by Anti-Flag: 1 of 2

Anti-Flag For Blood and Empire RCA Records Grade: A-/A There will likely be a number of fans and others who are super-bummed by uber-political punk heroes Anti-Flag moving to RCA, a subsidiary of Sony. But, a band that has been banging against the military-corporatist world for years isn't about to just lay down for a corpor...
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: The Empire Strikes First, by Bad Religion: 1 of 2

Bad Religion The Empire Strikes First Epitaph Records Grade: B+ As part of American punk rock legends Bad Religion regeneration, The Empire Strikes Back is the second record with the remerged partnership of guitarist Brett Gurewitz (head of Epitaph) and singer Greg Graffin (along with the rest of the bunch) - the first being...
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, by Coheed and Cambria: 1 of 1

Coheed and Cambria In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 Equalvision Records A phone call, some steps, a voice then a crash of orchestration starts off Coheed and Cambria's second album and second in their trilogy. In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 blows away almost anything you have heard recently (save the Mars Volta) ...
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Hair: Debatable, by Atom and His Package: 1 of 1

Atom and His Package Hair: Debatable Hopeless Records Grade: A My first full-scale introduction to Atom and his Package came during the ascension of Napster. On a whim, after non-stop talking about Atom and his Package from various sorts, I did the illegal and downloaded "Pumping Iron for Enya." That one song, I still think ...