John Bambenek is a freelance columnist and author. He is the author of Illinois Deserves Better and is an information security professional, part of the Internet Storm Center and a courseware author and certification grader for the GIAC family of security certifications. He is the executive director of The Tumaini Foundation which helps AIDS orphans and other children in Tanzania to get an education.
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Rep. Murtha to America: How Dare you Question Me!!
Rep. Murtha hails in what looks to be the future of the Democrats in Congress; sneering elitism.
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Illinois HB 750: The Amazing Tax Increase
Illinois is trying to pass off a massive tax increase as education funding reform. It will drive effective income down and businesses out of the state.
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Lights Out: How Freezing Electricity Rates Will Cripple Illinois' Electrical System
Price caps need to be paid for somehow. Price caps on energy means the energy grid goes undermaintained and leads to dark days ahead.
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Sex on Campus: Not As Fulfilling As You Think
The fact is that meaningless sex leaves women feeling like objects to be used and discarded.
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Preemptive Strike: Bush Firing Rumsfeld is Heading Off Congressional Harassment
By firing Rumsfeld before the Democrats even finished their celebrations, Bush moved out ahead of future Iraq inquiries.
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The Price of UN Indecision Over Iran: A Nuclear Arms Race
By failing to take action over Iran's transparent attempt to get nukes, other nations begin to develop their own nukes.
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Working Hard or Hardly Working?
By insisting the college bill be paid by other people, students will continue to not value their college education and be unprepared for the real world.
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Academic Freedom or Academic Honesty?
In the fight for "academic freedom," the concept of academic honesty is lost.
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The New Jersey Supreme Court Just Gave a Boost to the Republicans
The New Jersey Supreme Court put gay marriage on the agenda and gave a really good reason to fence-sitting evangelicals to go out and vote Republican.
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The Geneva Conventions and Habeas Corpus: Why the Left-Wing Reactionaries are Wrong
All you've heard from the left about the Geneva Conventions and Habeas Corpus is wrong.
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