“Occupy Wall Street” Aimless But Dangerous

By: Nick Ottens (Diary)  |  October 4th at 12:56 PM  | 

Supposedly inspired by the Arab spring, a protest movement has swept Manhattan’s Financial District in recent days in an attempt to “Occupy Wall Street.” Although the protesters don’t appear to have specific plans or demands, they are outraged by what they perceive as greed in the financial industry and economic inequality throughout the United States. In her treatise of the 1960s student uprising at the | Read More »

Obama: Can’t Let the Rich “Relax and Count Their Money”

By: Nick Ottens (Diary)  |  April 26th at 02:54 PM  | 

“I’m rooting for everybody to get rich,” President Barack Obama said last week, speaking at a town hall meeting in Reno, Nevada. “But I believe that we can’t ask everybody to sacrifice and then tell the wealthiest among us, well, you can just relax and go count your money, and don’t worry about it. We’re not going to ask anything of you.” The president urged | Read More »