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“Portal 2” is a portal to a new age of video gaming

April 29, 2011 La Vista 0

Through clever writing and atmospheric design, “Portal” managed to forward video gaming as a storytelling medium and as an art form, all in a three-hour, affordable package. Its sequel, “Portal 2” provides hours of clever and mind-boggling challenges. It also cleverly tells a wonderful story and lives up fully to the heavy expectations set upon it. […]

Does Obama’s budget deficit proposal get the job done? PRO: Obama’s budget ensures prosperity for all

April 29, 2011 La Vista 0

President Barack Obama has laid out an effective proposal for tackling the primary problems we face today that doesn’t devastate the nation’s social programs. The proposal has four main strategies: limit the defense budget, keep annual spending low via cuts, reduce health care spending and reform the tax code to eliminate loopholes and increase the wealthiest Americans’ contributions. […]

Restore equitable economic policy

April 29, 2011 La Vista 0

America is far from the image of equal opportunity that it tries to portray to the rest of the world.
According to studies done by New York University, the top 10% of earners in the United States currently control over 68% of total wealth, the second highest concentration of wealth in the hands of the upper class in the world. […]

Does Obama’s budget deficit proposal get the job done? CON: Ryan’s alternative creates economic growth

April 29, 2011 La Vista 0

President Obama’s proposal to trim the deficit, which he promises will not leave seniors “at the mercy of the insurance industry,” utilizes the recently-created cost-control board to monitor health care prices for seniors. The board’s price controls actually hurt consumers by restricting them from benefiting from price competition in the insurance industry. […]

S-Club holds second annual Brain Tumor Awareness Week

April 29, 2011 La Vista 0

Brain cancer is a disease that kills roughly 13,000 Americans each year and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in children and young adults. To support its cure, the Mira Costa S-Club held its second annual Brain Tumor Awareness Week during the week of April 18. […]

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