Chris Hoitash

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Modern journalism rarely hits the target

MAY 20 |

Welcome to Bizarro World, where Fox News is doing the job of real journalists. Journalism was once a vital component of American politics and capitalism.

Virgin Airlines looks to reclaim lost style, class

MAY 6 |

Good news, folks: 1950’s style is coming back, whether you like it or not.

Student loan rates set to double over summer

APR 21 |

College: spending tens of thousands of dollars to get a job to pay off those tens of thousands of dollars.

For-profit prison fails, is disgrace to humans

APR 14 |

Private enterprise has fully entered the criminal justice system, and in the process, undermined and ruined it in the name of profit and at the expense of human rights. In 2011, Ohio, facing the usual problem of being Ohio, sold one of its state prisons to the private prison corporation Corrections Corporation of America. Within the year that prison, Lake Erie Correctional Institute, has gone down the tubes.

States’ rights up for debate

APR 7 |

The battle for states’ rights is alive and well, and once again, the South is at the center of the debate.

Bad credit history lingers

MAR 29 |

If you have bad credit history and are unemployed, you might be staying that way for a while.

Trapped in the friend zone: It’s more than just a term

MAR 24 |

Let’s talk about relationships, because an introverted nerd with no social skills is naturally an expert on such matters.

Kilpatrick was city scapegoat

MAR 17 |

There are a lot of words to describe Kwame Kilpatrick. Corrupt and infuriating are two that come to mind. Then there are a few words that can’t be placed in a newspaper. Still, as disdainful as the man and his actions may be, it seems to me he may have been made into a scapegoat.

Congress needs to solve budget

MAR 10 |

Sequestration is upon us. Congress has failed to prevent massive federal spending cuts, which is only the latest in its continued efforts to prove a troop of baboons would be more capable of serving as members of the U.S. government.

Is US still the ‘land of opportunity’?

FEB 24 |

America: The land of opportunity. At least, it used to be.
These days, such mantras as “land of opportunity” or “the American dream” seem like the platitudes of a bygone era, etched into the ruins of some ancient empire, ebbed away by the sands of time. Or in our case, it has been eroded by the stagnating and declining middle class. The solution to this problem is simple to state and hard to implement: Public education needs to be widely available and useful.

Obama’s State of the Union addressed nothing

FEB 17 |

President Barack Obama has given the first State of the Union address of his second term. The State of the Union? We’re frakked.

Due process out the window

FEB 10 |

The United States of America: now sporting more drones than the Gallente Federation from “EVE Online.”

Immigration reform about America, not getting votes

FEB 3 |

Let’s talk about immigration reform, because that horse hasn’t been beaten into delicious, tender “mutton” yet.

Obama takes a stance for last term

JAN 27 |

This just in: President Barack Obama is a Democrat with nothing to lose.

Hurricane victims get relief...10 weeks later

JAN 20 |

I miss the days when politicians had the sense to return to their farms after things were sorted out. It made politics a lot less aggravating.

Open online classes right move

JAN 13 |

In the modern era, the Internet is everywhere. This is no less true for higher education, where online use is on the rise, with entire colleges testing the digital waters by offering massive open online courses.

News outlets should brush up on journalism this year

JAN 6 |

New Year’s resolutions can be an important step to overcoming personal shortcomings—something our twenty-four hour news cycle could certainly use.

Women have every right to serve on the frontline

DEC 9 |

Women in the military: I see nothing wrong with this. If only everyone shared such a naively open-minded view of the world.

Allow people to die with dignity

DEC 2 |

Assisted suicide is a controversial issue, so naturally it requires a sarcastic, caustic and mentally questionable touch when being discussed.

Black Friday is not a good day to die

NOV 25 |

Death is inevitable. This knowledge wears greatly on the souls of man. Though our death is inevitable, how we die is not. There are those among us who dream of a glorious death, a death where they fight the last stand against the alien horde to ensure humanity’s dominance of the galaxy.

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