Raghav Mehta is a third-year student studying Journalism and Political Science. He enjoys fried arugula, irreverent stand-up comedy and can often be spotted accosting postal workers and nearby fire hydrants in the Dinkytown area. If seen, please approach with caution.
The ground here’s always muddy, and these summers get so cold
There’s a rusted pipeline dream, and he’s trying to paint it gold
Howard was a bright boy, but the man in him was grim
And supper lost its flavor, the day I married him
He runs on cheap bourbon, and hand-rolled cigarettes
Comes crashing through the doorway, like an airline jumbo jet
And when Howard steps to strike me
He’ll drop his hat and grip his belt
With another swig of …
While the 2010 election may still be well over a year away, Sixth District House of Representatives DFL runner Maureen Reed has hit the ground running while raising a little over $200,000 this last summer campaigning for Minnesota’s sixth congressional district. Reed, a native Minnesotan and graduate of University of Minnesota’s medical school, is an unknown in the political world but has been notably active in the Health Care field. Reed was …
One thing is for sure about The Informant! and it’s that Matt Damon is definitely not the same crisis-ridden amnesiac America fell in love with. Based on Kurt Eichenwald’s 2000 book, Damon stars as Mark Whitacre, a seemingly inept and neurotic biochemist who blows the whistle on his company’s global price-fixing scheme only to become a victim of his own head-scratching recklessness. The story begins …
From a media standpoint, the post-inauguration political climate is a refreshing change of pace from what were the grueling final hours of the Bush era, but that’s not to say the country’s condition has drastically improved. The fervor and momentum generated during the meteoric rise of Barack Obama set high expectations for the President and his party. And now they are at odds with each other, pushing the health care debate to take an errant …
Since most of mainstream hip-hop’s lyrics tend to center on themes like hoes, cash, and more hoes, it comes as no surprise that the genre is, for the most part, panned by critics and serious music listeners alike. However, in what has become a truly historic year for America, rap artist Lil’ Wayne has succeeded in winning over some of those skeptics. By emphasizing quantity over quality, Wayne …
I’ve been working on another piece and its been taking me a while to finish, so in the meantime I thought I’d just write about a certain something thats kept me entertained for the last few days…
While Republicans and Democrats duke it out in Washington, another headline worthy exchange has been taking place within the media itself. Last week The Daily Show ran a segment about the business news networks and their clueless economic correspondents’, …
Over the past decade, the Black Keys have had no trouble gaining notoriety for their blues driven power rock, and it was only a matter of time till guitarist/singer Dan Auerbachvreleased a solo disc. After reaching new heights with their critically and commercially successful 2008 album, Attack and Release (produced by Danger Mouse), Auerbach retreated to his home of Akron, Ohio, to begin work on his recently released solo album, Keep …
So as you can see, I haven’t entered anything in a while due to some technical difficulty that reached its peak a couple of weeks ago. Like many of you, I am a mac user. I purchased my 13 inch Macbook after graduating high school and it wasn’t long till I started experiencing some problems. About 4 months into the school year my screen stopped working…. completely. Fortunately, i still had the benefits of the …
The 2008 election ended in what was considered a landslide victory for the Democratic Party. With the widespread popularity of Barack Obama and them being just shy of 60 senate seats, most Republicans had finally come to terms with the fact that the party was in dire need of a makeover (I’m looking at you Chambliss!). While the GOP is in the midst of a political panic, analysts and other voices in the media continue …
On the verge of what seems like a new day in America, we the smarter half of the population, looked forward to closing the curtain on what will be plaintively remembered as “The Bush Era”. The 2000’s arrived with a fresh lot of political screwballs ready to fuck our country up six ways from sunday. Alongside these noble decision-makers stood a wide array of doltish public figures reminding us that not quite all of the …