Jonathan Weiler
Occupy Wall Street: is it the real deal?
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about Occupy Wall Street. This protest has since spread to additional cities in the United States and into major cities throughout the world. The intent is to occupy, or take up space, in financial areas in a show of solidarity against the greed and a skewed path the [...]
“The Great Recession” scary time for college graduates
My student commute requires me to sit in my car a little over an hour, each way, as I drive to and from Sioux Falls. It is not a bad drive, really. I love my car, which sounds ridiculous to me. My commute gives me the rare chance of reflection, my alone time, to think [...]
Weiler: Sorting out what kind of war we are fighting in the Middle East
I thought that I would finish my Collegian writing with my thoughts on our congressional leadership as a whole, as it pertains to the current Global War on Terror. One of our guard units is deploying soon and this is something that really does affect all of us, not just the soldiers preparing to leave. [...]
Congress stands idly by while bombs fall
Should bombs be falling on Libya right now? That question is being deliberated by many scholars, journalists and some members of Congress. Strangely, the voices in Congress are not being heard. It seems that party lines squash dissent from Congress members. We are all behind the President’s decision to intervene with the United Nations right? [...]
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