Jordan Hebbe

Education.  The word conjures up images of teacher’s pets, spelling tests, ISTEP (for us Indiana kids), algebra, home economics class, science projects, research papers, and calculus homework.  But what about college?  Endless exams, indecipherable professors, confusion about career plans, the exhausting search for an internship, résumé building, and astronomical tuition bills come to mind.  Is it a stretch to call education exactly what it is: an industry?  Read More »

Campaign promises of tax cuts for 95% of Americans, tax cuts for small businesses, and lower income taxes for the average working American.  Sound like a conservative candidate?  Think again.  That was our President.

“I can make a firm pledge, under my plan; no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” – President Obama Read More »

As the holiday season quickly approaches, many of us find ourselves wondering what to wear to our annual family gatherings, our boyfriends’ company holiday parties, or a New Year’s Eve soiree and are looking for interesting ideas for decorations. And what better place to look for helpful advice than the First Lady of Fashion herself? Michelle Obama has revolutionized Presidential style by pushing the limits and the price tags. Read More »

Less than a year after being elected as our 44th president, Barack Obama has officially declared his war on alternative media. In the past few months, the administration, and even the President himself, have initiated an aggressive offensive against Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and other similar news sources. Just three days after being inaugurated, President Obama took to Capitol Hill to warn Republicans of the dangers of talk radio. Read More »

Given the fact that many of our readers may not be knowledgeable on the cap and trade bill, I will provide a short explanation of it. Cap and trade is a policy enacted by government (red flag number one: government program) in which a restriction, or cap, is placed on the amount of a certain pollutant that can be emitted. Companies and other groups are given allowances, in the form of credits, which represent the amount of that pollutant that they are allowed to emit. Read More »