Wednesday, July 28, 2010Columns
Faced with a large deficit, Texas state leaders have proposed to eliminate $134 million this week from its mental health programs.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) recently sent out a proposal ...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010Columns
Last Sunday, an enormous set of over 76,000 military reports from the war in Afghanistan, a collection called the Afghan War Diary, became available to the public online via wikileaks.org. The reports detail ...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010Columns
Three months, 13 human lives, millions of barrels of oil, one public relations disaster and immeasurable environmental damage later, BP shows no signs of having learned its lesson. As a business, BP’s first ...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010Columns
Throughout this year there have been many attacks on Muslims and their faith.
On May 26, the conservative talk show host Michael Berry made remarks that should have had criminal consequences. His on-air outburst ...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010Columns
Houston has an enormous amount of people who use the roads to express their need for speed, their hunger for adrenaline, a desire to sightsee and explore, and for health benefits. These people ...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010Columns
Nevada is in a bad place right now. The Silver State leads the nation with its 14 percent unemployment rate, and the local economy shows no signs of bouncing back. The view from ...
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010Columns
E-readers are handy, cool and convenient, but they will never be able to do to reading what MP3 Players have done to music. Despite the high hopes of Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple ...
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010Columns
Pride Houston, an organization designed to support the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender) community, hosted their 32nd pride festival and parade on Saturday, June 26. The festivities are traditionally held along several ...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010Columns
The 1980s have been over for longer than many current UH students have been alive; therefore, America is long overdue to move on from the stereotypes embraced during that period. Specifically, the Federal ...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010Columns
On May 9, 2010, the birth control pill, commonly known as a contraceptive turned 50 years old, marked by its approval by the FDA. The pill has changed the way women live, and ...
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