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Setting Fire to Straw Men

August 10, 2013 | Filed under: Perspective for Hire, Rhetorical Analysis Videos

Lindsay Deen continues her discussion regarding the retail cannabis ban in Colorado Springs, CO. She deftly exposes Mayor Bach’s deceptive reasoning. He pushed City Council to opt out of retail cultivation, manufacturing, sales, and testing, and his policies go against the will of the majority. Unable to display content. Adobe …

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Colorado Springs City Council Vetoes People’s Will

July 28, 2013 | Filed under: Perspective for Hire, Rhetorical Analysis Videos

In this video about Marijuana Reform, USR contributor and columnist Lindsay Deen explores government officials’ reactions to Amendment 64 and their attempts to ignore the people’s will. She offers compelling commentary and detailed sources to back up each claim. Check it out today! Click here to access the interactive flash …

Perspective for Hire

  • An Exclusive Interview with Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia
    An Exclusive Interview with Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Garcia

    Joe Garcia, the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, has been engaged in academic oversight and guidance for quite some time, having served as President of Pikes Peak Community College Read more →

  • Build It Downtown, and Sky Sox Fans Will Come
    Build It Downtown, and Sky Sox Fans Will Come

    “Is this Heaven?” “No, it’s Iowa.” Most any baseball fan will immediately recognize the quote above from the iconic movie Field of Dreams. Remember when Read more →

News

  • The West Nile Virus Remains an Unwelcome Visitor
    The West Nile Virus Remains an Unwelcome Visitor

    Despite its relative obscurity, the West Nile Virus still poses a potential threat to nearly anyone in America, which means its origins and evolution need to be understood. The West Nile Virus is carried by Read more →

  • White Tattoos Are In
    White Tattoos Are In

    Over the past few years, a new style of tattoo has made an appearance in the ink world. Specifically, the artist still creates a shape or design, but instead of using black or various colors Read more →

  • In Memory of Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013
    In Memory of Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013

    Digging Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Read more →

Opinion

  • Time to Hit a Home Run in Downtown Colorado Springs
    Time to Hit a Home Run in Downtown Colorado Springs

    The controversy surrounding the proposal to relocate the Colorado Springs Sky Sox’s stadium has become a misguided battle between perception and reality. The impression many citizens seem to have is that Mayor Steve Bach is a puppet of some very Read more →

  • The Blight of Young Adult Fiction
    The Blight of Young Adult Fiction

    Getting booed by a class of thirteen-year-old girls only required four words from me: “I didn’t like Twilight.” The clamor subsided once I launched into some logical reasons behind the choice: Bella is a poor Read more →

  • Lab-Grown Meat: Your Dinner of the Near Future
    Lab-Grown Meat: Your Dinner of the Near Future

    Modern technology has made food cheaper, more transportable, pathogen resistant, and even amusing. Still, many manufactured foods contain little nutritional value, and produce markets around the globe continue to become increasingly geographically homogeneous. Food industrialization Read more →

Analysis

  • Guessing the Fate of the Cosmos
    Guessing the Fate of the Cosmos

    The hope that humanity will one day expand beyond its solar system, drift in space on self-supporting vessels, and explore other planets is almost universal. The theme occupies a central place in science fiction. We Read more →

  • Silk Road’s Closure: An Impactful Hit on the Illegal Drug Market
    Silk Road’s Closure: An Impactful Hit on the Illegal Drug Market

    As you have probably already heard, the FBI recently seized and closed down the notorious black market Internet site “Silk Road,” along with its creator, twenty-nine year old Ross Ulbricht. While many law-and-order types gathered Read more →

  • Meme’s the Word
    Meme’s the Word

    The scientific revolution spawned by The Origin of Species is now morphing in ways Charles Darwin himself might not have expected, as the principles of adaptation and natural selection are manifesting themselves in fields far removed from biology. Most notably, when applied Read more →

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