As you probably already know, the Apple iPad was announced on the morning of Jan. 27. I was sitting in class watching live blog updates from the computer giant's highly exclusive media event. I watched while, minute by minute, features and photos were posted online as Steve Jobs and others announced them live.
I suppose I'm one of those quirky types, like a finicky house cat. I hate peas, don't dare put them on my plate, I won't eat them. Yet I love pea soup. And sometimes I'm overly wary too, like a cagey bird. I lock everything in my house even though I live alone: I lock the door when I take a shower; I lock my file cabinets-I even lock my food pantry from myself! Perhaps this peculiar action suggests that I'm trying to convince myself to diet, or perhaps I'm so unconsciously paranoid that I suspect the cookie monster, or a pack of wild hyenas, will steal my cache in the middle of the night.
As America continues to be enveloped in two wars that already lack public support, the list of potential adversaries from around the world keeps getting longer. Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China are a few currently in the spotlight. What would happen if we were to get entangled in another war, especially against nations that are much more technologically comparative to our own level than Iraq or Afghanistan are? With the unveiling of Russia's new fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, the Sukhoi T-50, also called the PAK FA, it is apparent that Russia doesn't want to fall behind the western world in terms of warfighting capability.
In this day and age, many Americans believe that theater is dead and gone. Who goes to Broadway? Why watch traditional Shakespeare when we can watch new versions about gangs? Yes, modernization's hold on the entertainment industry is certainly barraging theater with challenges, but one playwright, Lucy Prebble, has revolutionized theater, bringing it into the 21st century with "ENRON.
In the news last week, we all read the compelling story of how Scott Roeder was convicted of murdering abortion doctor George Tiller. After reading the facts, it is clear that his case had no contestable points -- Roeder openly admitted to not only killing the doctor, but also to premeditating the murder.