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Gross Domestic Product not an accurate reflection of our economy

In My Opinion | Strictly Niksonian

by Nik Antovich

There was an insightful article in Time magazine last week that questioned whether real Gross Domestic Product provides us with an adequate measurement of the economic status of America, and more importantly, the typical American. With our economy under a powerful microscope by not just us but the world at large, it's pertinent to ask: Do transactions incorporated into GDP really resemble the preservation and growth of our standard of living? (It will become clear throughout this column that by "standard of living" I do not just mean monetarily but intrinsically as well.

Comedy has always been essential in politics

In My Opinion | All I Remember Is...

by Matt Petryni

I'm not sure how many readers caught "The Daily Show" last night, but I'm sure if you did, you didn't miss major Democratic candidate Barack Obama's interview on the show. This isn't his first appearance, and it came under the shadow of a similar interview on "The Colbert Report" last week.

Biofuel production is responsible for recent increase in food prices

Letter to the Editor

Biofuel production will contribute to the avoidable deaths of millions of people in the year 2008. It will push millions of the poorest families to the clutches of death, thanks to our leaders turning mountains of food into fuel. Unless the biofuel bandwagon is stopped, by the year 2020 the world will be diverting 400 million tons of grain each year into ethanol production, which is equal to the entire current global rice harvest.

Illustration

Democrat: "Yeah, but your ass is actually bigger."

by Patrick Finney