Zach F Blog Articles
  • Tuesday was a big win for liberal issues and conservative politicians. If you need to read that sentence again, feel free to; it can take a while to sink in. The GOP maintained its control of the House, gained the majority in the Senate, and will soon be picking out drapes to hang in numerous governor mansions around the country, but the GOP lost big on a wide range of subjects. 1.
  • After Seth Moulton beat out sitting Representative John Tierney in the primary for the Democratic spot on Massachusetts’ ballot for the 6th District House Seat last month, reporters started to dig into to the past of this relatively unknown candidate and ended up with a refreshing surprise.
  • Warning! Ebola has reached the shores of the United States. As most people know, a man traveling from Liberia, one of the infected countries, was diagnosed with Ebola on September 29 in a Dallas hospital. He has since been quarantined and the people he was in contact with have been notified and are under observation for the next 21 days.
  • For the last 60 year Israel and Palestine have been at each others’ throats. Israelis want a country to call their own and the displaced Palestinians want to return to the land that was forcefully taken from them after World War II. The US has been unconditionally backing Israel for the entirety of the conflict, but it is time for the US to reconsider that position.
  • In 1819, the Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward ruling recognized corporations as having the same rights as natural born citizens to contract and to enforce contracts. In Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania (1888) SCOTUS ruled that under the designation of ‘person’ that corporations are included in the 14th Amendment.
  • On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that Hobby Lobby could deny its employees certain health care coverage, in this case contraception, based on religious beliefs. This means that companies can now prohibit or restrict its employees from partaking in actions that are legal under US law but not in line the religious views of the company.
  • U.S. Senate midterm elections are coming and it’s about time we take a look at the situation. All 33 of the Class II seats need to be filled plus an additional 3 special elections bringing the total number of open seats to 36. Currently, the Senate seat count is 53 Dem and 45 Reps along with 2 Independents.
  • There has been a lot of talk about the FCC destroying net neutrality. How former lobbyists and council of Verizon and Comcast have made their way on to the board of the FCC and how they have started enacting policy to make net neutrality a thing of the past.
  • April Fool’s day is here, and with it, the internet pranks. Hi-tech companies have started going to great lengths to have a little fun. In 2004, the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft announced they were introducing the two-headed ogre as a playable race and that 2 players would have to cooperate to control one character. In 2012, Google released and 8-bit version of their map software.
  • Fredrick Douglass is one of the greatest people in American history. Douglass started life as a slave and would eventually meet multiple presidents and even be the first African-American to be nominated for the Vice-Presidency (even though he didn't seek nor acknowledge the nomination). Douglass fought against the injustice of slavery for his entire life.
  • Coke having a commercial with an American song in other languages... not cool. Coke. GTFO with that. Can't believe Coke just committed corporate suicide during the Super Bowl.
  • Super Bowl Sunday is upon. This year the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks will be going head to head to compete for the world championship, and just like every other year, everyone is talking about the ads. Super Bowl ads are unlike any other ads. They tend to be highly stylized and sometimes even story based. They range from extremely clever to quite absurd.