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  • 2009
    • May
    • April
    • March
      • Bailout!
        03/31/09

      • Wal-Mart's $2 Billion Bonus Stimulus
        03/24/09
        March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, plans to award $2 billion in extra compensation to about 1 million U.S. hourly workers this year after sales jumped in the recession (average of $2,000 per worker). The Arkansas-based retailer is benefiting from record sal

      • UCA: Donations will now be accepted to help pay Lu Hardin's salary.
        03/12/09
        According to the UCA Echo, in a recent meeting of the UCA board of trustees, trustee Rush Harding explained that the money for the buyout of past UCA president Lu Hardin's contract will come from existing, unrestricted monetary gifts to the foundation and other money given specifically for this

      • Global Warming to Climate Change: Science vs Religion
        03/08/09
        But considering how much attention would have been lavished on a comparable run of hot weather or on a warming trend that was plainly accelerating, shouldn't the recent cold phenomena and the absence of any global warming during the past 10 years be getting a little more notice? Isn't it p

      • Outliers
        03/08/09
        Why do some people succeed far more than others? Is at the heart of Malcolm Gladwell's newest book, Outliers. We often look at the intelligence and ambition of the successful when we should spend more time looking around them - at such things as their families or their birthplace. He argues tha

    • February
  • 2008
    • November
    • October
      • UCA Campus Shooting ( Conway Arkansas )
        10/26/08
        ...and the response???



        The only comment needed is that the shooting is reported to have occurred around 9:20pm

        Update: The main page of the UCA website was posted with a short warning description to say that campus is locked down around 10:55pm.

        UCA sent

      • In case you thought the race was over...
        10/22/08
        A recent poll reported by the Associated Press shows Obama with 44% and McCain with 43%

        Associated Press Article

      • The Price of Everything
        10/13/08
        I just finished reading the book "The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity" by Russell Roberts. I have now read two books by Russ Roberts (The Invisible Heart). I enjoy his novels because of the underlying economic principles taught thoroughly throughout the book. I

      • Could the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac been avoided?
        10/07/08
        Although this video may only present part of the picture since it pieces together short clips from here and there, it offers an interesting picture of what was going on with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac several years ago. An interesting quote from the video is from Obama's economic advisor claim

      • Congress Insults us with Bailout Bill
        10/02/08
        Whether or not you believe that the bailout bill for Wall Street is a good idea, you should read this article from the Wall Street Journal. According to this article, some Republicans have been reluctant to vote in favor of the bill because it may give as much as 20% of any profits from the distres

    • September
      • Recession, recession, recession
        09/17/08
        Bankruptcies, take overs, and stock market crashes - we're obviously in a recession, right? - wrong!

        "The economy shrank marginally (-0.2%) in the fourth quarter of 2007, but otherwise it's been growing steadily for years. In the most recent quarter it grew at a vigorous 3

      • Greatest Movie Line Ever
        09/14/08

      • Unconscionably Ridiculous: First It Was the Speculators, Now It's the Price Gougers
        09/02/08
        From the Blog, Carpe Diem:

        In Alabama, Attorney General Troy King is warning unscrupulous contractors and businesses that he will take action against those who seek to profit illegally at the expense of Alabamians who may suffer damage and others who seek refuge in the state from tropical

    • August
      • Even the playing field...
        08/27/08
        All in the name of fairness:

        One man winning EIGHT gold medals in just ONE Olympics! We need to take the "windfall" gold medals from that greedy American, Michael Phelps, and distribute them to the less fortunate, but equally hard-working athletes in the swimming-poor countries.

      • Quote from CarpeDiem's Blog
        08/25/08
        Obama has also promised that "we will get 1 million 150-mile-per-gallon plug-in hybrids on our roads within six years." What a tranquilizing verb "get" is. This senator, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, is going to get a huge, complex industry to produce, and is going

      • If environmentalism is a religion, then recycling would be its sacrament
        08/18/08
        How about a $1000 fine for not properly sorting your garbage? Read this interesting article in the New York Times about the religion of environmentalism.

    • July
      • Is president Hardin underpaid?
        07/09/08
        For those who may not keep in touch with the exciting world of public education. There have been some murmurings of the recent $300,000 bonus given to UCA president Lu Hardin. Part of the controversy stems from the fact that the funds were taken out of the Board of Trustees Endowment Fund. Accor

    • June
      • Are high gas prices alarming?
        06/24/08
        The last couple of walk-in customers where I work have complained about high gas prices after exiting their large luxury cars or SUVs. All I can think is "what is the big deal?" And what exactly worries them about current high gas prices? I am left to figure that one out. Here's a goo

      • UCA Salaries Updated
        06/23/08
        UPDATE : Find the more recent UCA salaries in 2009 with a sortable, searchable database. Here

        The list of University of Central Arkansas Salaries is now searchable. (You can use the built in search capabilities of Adobe Acrobat.)

        UCA Salaries 2008

        Stay

      • Oil
        06/13/08


      • Why oil prices will tank
        06/10/08
        According to Shawn Tully in Why oil prices will tank:

        "Arguments that $4-a-gallon gas (or even higher) is here to stay are dead wrong. Housing's boom-and-bust cycle tells you why."

      • You should feel guilty for living.
        06/03/08
        This greenhouse calculator was developed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation and is meant for children.

        Fill out the survey yourself and you can learn when you should die!


        http://www.abc.net.au/science/planetsla

      • Irrelevant apologies by Thomas Sowell
        06/03/08

        It is amazing how seriously the media are taking Senator Barack Obama's latest statement about the latest racist rant from the pulpit of the church he has attended for 20 years. But neither that statement nor the apology for his rant by Father Michael Pfleger really matters, one way or t

    • May
      • On Oil and Capitalism
        05/23/08

        The CEO’s of our nation’s largest oil companies have recently been called to Capitol Hill to answer for their “record profits.” It seems quite ridiculous that today you might actually have to stand before congress and explain yourself for being too successful.

        Those in the panel o

      • What would our Founding Fathers say?
        05/19/08

        "And it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." Barack Hussein Obama
        “Our Constitution was made

      • McCain says no to Secret Service
        05/10/08

      • Father-Daughter Talk
        05/04/08
        A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.
        <

    • April
      • Earth Day Celebration!
        04/24/08

        The world will be “...eleven degrees colder in the year 2000. This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age,” - Kenneth Watt, speaking at Swarthmore University, April 19, 1970.

        What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to reminisce on the first ever Earth Da

      • Global Warming Fanatics
        04/18/08
        Do you think that perhaps global warming fanatics have gone too far? ...

      • You can't break the rules of economics.
        04/14/08

      • The Living Wage Campaign
        04/09/08
        In 2001, a group of activist student at Harvard wanted a “living wage” ($10.25 a hour, plus benefits) for all Harvard employees. The “living wage” movement is obvious. Life is hard for workers trying to support families on $7 an hour. Greg Mankiw said in response to the students’ movement that i

      • Outsourcing
        04/09/08

      • Hillary disproves her own position.
        04/06/08
        Like many politicians seeking to connect with voters, Hillary Clinton appeared on the Tonight Show. She told a story of the child of a working-class, single mother who had recently received a pay raise due to an increase in the minimum wage. The problem was that the mother was required to work few

      • Need vs. Greed
        04/06/08
        "Need" now means wanting someone else's money. "Greed" means wanting to keep your own. "Compassion" is when a politician arranges the transfer.
        --Joseph Sobran, Adam Smith Institute

      • Thomas Sowell Quotes
        04/01/08
        Thomas Sowell, the American economist, is often described as the "black conservative". Sowell advocates the free market approach to captailism and strongly opposes Marxism (noted in his book Philosophy and Economics).

        The plan is to start posting, semi-regularly, quotes from Th

      • April 1st 2008
        04/01/08

    • March
      • A letter to the WWF
        03/31/08
        From the Carpe Diem blog by Mark J. Perry.



        Dear Mr. Roberts, President of World Wildlife Fund:

        You and members of your organization worry that industrialization and economic growth are harming the earth's environment. I worry that the intensifying hysteria

      • Conservatives Cartoons
        03/20/08


        Liberals with the help of cartoons begin their indoctrination. One simple example is Captain Planet illustrating the socialist crew of environmentalist heroes, fighting unethical, ruthless capitalists. Today, the Conservative All-Stars fight fire with fire.

        Notorious

      • Department of Transportation creates New Lanes for Reckless Drivers
        03/14/08
        A cocaine-addled commuter pops a wheelie on his way to work.
        Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters unveiled a new $270 billion federal project to build special lanes for dangerous and careless drivers.

        These new lanes are for the millions of drivers who can't be both

      • Children are a burden to our environment?
        03/13/08
        An entry in the Medical Journal of Austrialia asserts that we should be taxed by the government for having too many children because they produce a carbon burden on our environment.

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      • Why we should stick to private health care.
        03/11/08

      • The Hybrids Are Working!!!
        03/04/08
        It seems the whole of scientists trying to debunk global warming myths and their supposed remedies like expensive Hybrid cars and stifling petro taxes were wrong all along. It appears that all of our recent work to save the planet has worked!

        This year's cold snap has returned the p

      • Unwelcomed Marine Corps Recruiters in Berkeley
        03/02/08
        Berkeley city council has made national news on January 29, 2008. The city council passed a series of motions concerning the recruiting center. The most controversial motions ordered the city clerk to draft a letter calling the Berkeley Marines “unwelcome intruders”.

        “As it is, members

    • February
      • John Stossel at His Best
        02/27/08
        "How many shootings at schools or malls will it take before we understand that people who intend to kill are not deterred by gun laws? Last I checked, murder is against the law everywhere. No one intent on murder will be stopped by the prospect of committing a lesser crime like illegal possessi

      • Fighting Heroine With Heroine
        02/26/08
        You've heard of fighting fire with fire, right? Well how about fighting drug addiction by giving drugs to addicts? Most would say that it sounds completely insane. A clinic in Vancouver, Canada has begun offering local drug addicts free heroine and needles as well as a nice place to kick bac

      • Economic Freedom and Political Freedom
        02/26/08
        Is there a relationship between economic freedom and political freedom? If so, how much does one affect the other? Is individual freedom a political problem and material welfare an economic problem? Or are these two freedoms intertwined?

        Milton Friedman said “Indeed, a major source of o

      • Should we love Che Guevara?
        02/21/08


        An interesting article, Should we love Che Guevara?, from slate.com argues that if most people knew the true story of Che Guevara, they wouldn't be so quick to sport his face on their clothing.

      • Obesity and Smoking Lower the Cost of Health Care
        02/20/08
        According to Clinton and Obama, if obesity rates returned to what they were in the 1980's, Medicare would save one trillion dollars over 25 years. However, if we really want to save money, one study shows that obesity and smoking actually lower health care costs as a result of decreased life s

      • The American Dream Lives On
        02/20/08
        "Nickeled and Dimed" is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich. Ms. Ehrenreich creates a new life as a working class citizen and chronicles her difficulty in making ends meet in a life that so many Americans live. She never seems to be able to move out of the working poor class.

      • UCA Professor Salaries
        02/19/08
        UCA Professor Salaries

        Have you ever wondered how much (or how little) your professor makes? Well now you can find out. After a great deal of research and mission impossible-esque espionage, UCA Conservatives brings you this top-secret information ... Actually, we just asked for it. UCA i

      • Parental Advisory! (Hillary sing along)
        02/19/08
        Forget about conservatives uniting to defeat Hillary Clinton. Her own followers are doing it.

      • Welcome to the UCA Conservatives Blog
        02/18/08
        The purpose of this blog is to offer a conservative voice to the University of Arkansas. We are a non-partisan group that believes that the majority of students at the University of Central Arkansas are conservative. We believe that many times the conservative voice at UCA is drowned out by small