Kris McKusick

Making sense out of the Census in regards to race

Earlier this week in a Tennessee courtroom a 33 year old black man by the name of Desmond Hatchett was seen begging the state to help him pay child support. Hatchett only has a minimum wage job which the state...

Confronting the concussion conundrum in team sports

Concussion (Definition): A mild to moderate brain injury: An injury to the brain, often resulting from a blow to the head, that can cause temporary disorientation, memory loss, or unconsciousness.The long term effects of concussions are still...

U regents need to send message: Complacency is not OK

The previous president of the University of Minnesota, Robert Bruininks and his human resources vice president, Carol Carrier ran a regime of incompetency and ass-backwardness highlighted by their practice of handing out 'generous' compensation for U administrators...

Someone please inform Dick Cheney that it's time to tap out

I'm writing this article only because my father (who's worked in the health care industry for over thirty years) cannot. Working in a hospital he's confronted with what I'll call the '...

Santorum vs. Romney channels thoughts of Frazier/Ali...

I know what you sports minded casual political followers--which hopefully makes up the majority of my audience by now--are thinking: Which one's Frazier and which one's Ali? Good point. In an epic duel...

Joe Paterno and the lessons of scandal

So Joe Paterno's in the news again after his precipitous fall from grace in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal; this time through no fault of his own. He died. Passed away from lung cancer at the...

Why legalizing marijuana isn't necessarily a great idea

Disclaimer: I've done no research for this article. (Which shouldn't surprise anyone. But that's an altogether different matter.) What I can tell you are the facts vs. my humble opinion, which is basically all...

Newsflash: Bachmann defectors abound

I'm sure I'm not the only person turned off by politics these days...Where do I start? Scandal, double talk, betrayal...these are all merely sounding points of the Republican party. Although, it's...

Jesse Ventura: Get over yourself

Comedian Bill Maher is renowned for his awarding of the Prince Rogers Nelson 'Get Over Yourself Award' for certain celebrities with an exceptional level of hubris. Well, Jesse Ventura - or shall I say 'Governor Ventura' as...

All any GOP candidate should want for Christmas is an Economics degree

Where's Ross Perot when you need him? That's what liberals (and conservatives) should be asking as we prepare for the steepest recession to hit this country in over twenty years. That's right...

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