George Zimmerman threw Sanford, FL police department for a loop when claiming the “stand your ground” law enacted in Florida was his reasoning for shooting unarmed, 17 year old Trayvon Martin. Martin was shot dead by Zimmerman who claimed he saw a suspicious teenager on his street. Zimmerman said, “Something’s wrong with him. Yep. He’s coming to check me out. He’s got something in his hands. I don’t know what his deal is. Send officers over here.” Martin, after being followed for some time, became frightened and ran, he was pursued by Zimmerman and then shot.  Zimmerman was not arrested for his actions by claiming he was...

There has been a dramatic shift in relevant news in America these past few weeks. The parties have put away the economic issue bantering and have exploded forth with a nuclear level, social issue war. When the Susan G. Komen Foundation announced late in January that they would be pulling their funding for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood, as per the decision of the new conservative head of the company, the backlash was enourmous and furious. The decision was made because of anti-abortion lobbyists pressuring the Foundation and appointing the conservative, Nancy Brinker as the new head of the company. After the tremedous, and...

By April 1, Rockland is going to enact two new taxes on its citizens. There will be a 30 cent tax on owning a cell phone and a 3% hotel occupancy tax. They were proposed by County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef. This Rockland tax by the Rockland County Legislatures will be an addition to the already increased New York State taxes. The new taxes will be enacted due to the Legislature’s claim that the County desperately needs the extra funds. Many hotel and Inn businesses are against the new taxes because it will put them behind the competition. The votes for these newly implemented taxes were by no means close. The votes were 10 to 5 for...

Governor Cuomo’s Race to the Top program has turned out to be less of a race and more of a brawl. Cuomo offered State schools a $700 million increase in aid pending certain conditions. To qualify for the money the school has to implement a new curriculum called the core and a standardized teacher evaluation system to weed out ineffective teachers. Along with the evaluation, a student’s test score will weigh somewhat on the teachers ability to perform effectively. Governor Cuomo also set aside $250 million in grants rewarding schools whose students have shown improvement and are generally performing well. Unions and New York...