By Kathryn Gaines. As a college student social media sites, such a facebook and twitter, reflect my age group’s thought. These sights provide insight into the affiliations my “friends” want to make. While being a “fan” of cuddling may be pointless information, being invited to join a petition to have the government seize BP, reminds me where exactly my fellow college students’ thought lies. It seems that more and more my age group is learning to look to the government first and the individual second.

By James Nava.
If anything in particular has been repeatedly demonstrated in the last few months, it’s that the challenges of cyber security and cyber intelligence far surpass the number of skilled professionals and technical solutions available to attend to these issues. Thus it is necessary and urgent that to a new generation of specialists in cyberspace security is encountered and properly educated.

Americans are increasingly less positive and more critical of government, with a growing number saying they want government’s wings clipped, a Pew survey indicates.

By Luis Rodriguez.

Why do people in general, put so much faith in government? When you stop and think about it, there are very few things that government does well. The most important exception is maintaining the armed forces.

Big Brother is on a growth spurt. With the unveiling of President Obama’s budget proposal of $3.8 trillion came the new government employment growth plans.  The Administration announced that the government payroll will increase to 2.15 million employees this year.  Most of the increases are on the civilian side, which will grow by 153,000 workers, [...]

By George Handlery. While writing this, the news spread that US federal spending outside the security and entitlement area is to be frozen for three years. Regardless of the laudable intention, some skepticism is warranted. The weaker the President gets –the vote in Massachusetts suggests that Obama is losing ground- the more he needs to spend. Spending buys support.

By Manuel Cereijo.

In a free society, each person is recognized as a unique human being. He is free to discover his own potential and pursue his own legitimate interests. The individual has a duty to respect the rights of others and the values, traditions, tested over time and passed from one generation to another. He is responsible for his own well-being and that of his family.

On December 25, a Nigerian student attempted to ignite a mixture of powder and liquid on a Northwest Airlines flight landing in Detroit, Michigan. Passengers helped to stop the suspect from carrying out his plot after the device failed to fully detonate, marking the 28th foiled terror plot against the United States since 9/11.

By Eddy Acevedo. The recent attempted terrorist attack on an American passenger plane during the holidays has forced U.S. officials to re-evaluate our intelligence priorities. As a result, the growing threat of radical Islamic terrorism in Latin America also requires more attention.

By Mark Schneider. As any parent with a college-bound child knows, college tuitions are rising much faster than inflation. One way to control costs is to make parents better consumers by giving them better price and outcome information.