By: James Felton Keith OIEE Contributor Marketed as the one who “made it out”, Jay-Z was interviewed in December on capitalism’s most prestigious news program; as he would put it “Momma I made it”. During his almost fifteen year recording career Jigga, J-Hova, Jay-Z, Sean Carter has had more No.1 albums than any other recording [...]

BY: Patrick Kenney, AAB Writer High unemployment is a festering, persistent problem that has dogged the U.S. for much of the past few years. The degree of unemployment in the U.S. is a problem because it undermines the values emphasized in this country: The idea of hard-work, productivity, and sense of purpose, which often come [...]

By: Andrew Bruskin Editor-in-Chief, All About Business (AAB) Election Day should have been a wake up call for President Obama. He lost the house and, despite not losing the senate, hundreds of state seats throughout the nation turned Republican. Obama blames this turn of events on the economy. While this is a half truth, the [...]

By: Ryan Mack President, OIEE I can’t seem to get away from these celebrities who have decided it to be okay to use their fame and influence to delve deep into the pockets of the people of this country to persuade them to pay for things that have no benefit. This common practice of these [...]

by: James F. Keith OIEE Contributor At Michigan State University’s “Commodification, Technoculture, and the Human” conference, presenter and author from Simon Fraser University Andrew Feenberg acknowledged the internet as a technology and compared it to a “wheel chair ramp”. It took me by surprise, as I would hold that the internet is NOT a technology, [...]

By: James Felton Keith OIEE Contributor During the second week of October 2010 Mayor Michael R Bloomberg pursued an agenda to prohibit users of federal and state aid, more specifically “bridge cards” or “half dollars” or “food stamps” depending on how you take your slang, from buying “pop” or “soda water” or “soda”. It was [...]

Let me preface my critique and rebuttal by saying that although I have some strong socially Democratic views, I tend to be fiscally Republican. For example, my family would be categorized as “low-income”, but I am more focused on the prospects that the dividends and capital gains I earn through time-consuming research and calculated risk-taking [...]

BY: Patrick Kenney, AAB Writer Election season is around the corner for U.S. House, Senate, and state governor’s races. One of the hot button issues on many voters’ minds involves asking a candidate for elected office what they are going to do about the high unemployment rate in the U.S. From a voter’s perspective, therefore, [...]

By: Anya Parampil AAB Writer Upon learning of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi’s suicide, I – as I would assume many others who read the news Thursday – was struck by disappointment, shock, and sadness. Disappointed and shocked that college freshmen were capable of carrying out an act so pitiless and invasive. Saddened because such a [...]

By: Terry McAuliffe Special Contributor It was great to see President Obama this week talking about electric car technology. I spoke at a youth summit on energy issues on Friday and wanted to offer more thoughts on this important topic. Would government incentives to move toward electric cars lessen dependence on foreign oil? Yes, incentives [...]