The political science department hosted a discussion of the Obama presidency Tuesday night, in which President Obama’s atypical approach to problem solving was explained. Michael Haas, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Hawaii and author of “Barack Obama, The Aloha Zen President” and Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts and the 1988 Democratic Party nominee for President elaborated on Obama’s method. Haas’ book explained how Obama’s upbringing in Hawaii impacted his presidency. He said Obama likes to approach problems… Read more

Arguing for the government: Gabe Cwern Recently President Obama signed a $42 billion small business-lending bill into law. Although the intent of the bill was to put money into banks and local governments to help small businesses, all it will do is act as a cover for the government to say “look we are helping,” where in reality this bill will just cause more problems. This initiative combines a small tax cut for businesses and the rest of the money… Read more

The Nissan LEAF is the one of the top two electric cars in the United States; however, it isn’t foreign like almost every other car that is well built. Surprised? Same here. This particular car is made right here in the United States of America. It should be a good one. President Obama did say he wanted to improve car emissions and create electric cars, as well, and finally we have seen the beginning of this, even though other countries… Read more

John Kami Contributing reporter Our president’s approach to solving Iran’s issues could hurt his image as President of a first class nation. Upon entering office, Obama blamed his predecessor as the reason for Iran not being fair to the world. He did not realize that Iran has had a long history of abuse to its own people, and it is unlikely that it will cooperate with the rest of the world let alone its citizens Although Obama’s policy focus was… Read more

President Obama says one thing and does the opposite. In his recent budget proposal, he said Americans should save more and spend less. Then he proposed a $3.8 Trillion budget plan. The gap between what the government earns and spends will be 1.5 trillion for 2010. The president said that spending was necessary to fight a recession which has lead to a 10% unemployment rate. It’s more like a depression because the actual unemployment rate reaches 17% if you take… Read more

Some lawmakers have no problem lying, since this is the manner in which they conduct their personal and professional lives. So, not surprisingly, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) falls well within the policy in Washington. My hat goes off to President Barack Obama who called for an end to the DADT policy in his first State of the Union speech and the support of Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the President’s calls, further signals that this policy should be repealed… Read more

At the first State party of the Obama Administration, a couple managed to get through the first security check point at the party. This is very terrifying to me. I remember when President Kennedy was shot and killed from a book depository in Dallas, Texas, more than 40 years ago. I would hope that with technology, the security might have improved through the years. My first reaction was, who is the Secretary of the Treasury? The Secret Service has traditionally… Read more