Up close: Why Ron Paul?

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

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“I’ve always hated the small government mentality— that whole, not being concerned for the welfare of the citizen, but then I heard about Ron Paul,” Max Isaacs said.

Born in South Korea, 19-year-old Max was adopted by an American couple as a five-month-old. He grew up in Goshen, New York, and attended New Paltz for one semester before transferring to Purchase College. It was during his fall semester at Paltz that his ideals— or at least the way they manifested themselves— changed.

“I was at a meeting for Sensible Drug Policy and I started talking to this student. We both hated bureaucracy. We also agreed that the only way to reform government is to limit it. It’s reached an unsustainable point,” he began. “This country’s a billion dollars in debt because of a war we shouldn’t even be fighting, the dollar’s weak, our social security plan’s not working and we owe China so much money,” he continued. “We need to reevaluate our approach to government.”

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Race to the White House

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

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It’s Crazy Super Tuesday and former long-time CBS anchor Dan Rather is setting up shop today at USC’s Annenberg School. He’s kicking off live coverage of the big day for his HDNET program, Dan Rather Reports. But before taking the stage tonight, he spoke to students about national politics and the news.

In addition to tossing out newsroom chestnuts (“Maintain your idealism” “Operating for a public journal is equal to operating in public service”), he discussed campaign coverage and, specifically, coverage of race relations. “Race is an ongoing problem in our time, it’s a deep and abiding problem, and it’s not really getting covered,” Rather said.

Is that true?

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Super(model) Tuesday

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

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