Mike Healy
Mike Healy, a junior at the University of Notre Dame, is currently spending the semester in Washington, DC working for the Democratic National Committee.
Born and raised in the Chicago area, Mike has previously worked for Scholastic magazine at Notre Dame, and will graduate in May 2007 with a degree in American Studies.
Born and raised in the Chicago area, Mike has previously worked for Scholastic magazine at Notre Dame, and will graduate in May 2007 with a degree in American Studies.
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Articles by Mike Healy
October 24, 2006
“The pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We worship an "awesome God" in the Blue States, and we don’t like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the...
February 07, 2006
President Bush?s top adviser last week outlined the game plan for the Republican Party heading into the 2006 congressional elections. Speaking at the Republican National Committee?s winter meeting, Karl Rove told assembled GOP personages, "Republicans have a post-9/11 worldview and many Democrats h...
November 21, 2005
A poll came out recently stating that only 30 per cent of Americans approve of the job their Congressman is doing. Apparently, historic deficits, corruption, and a war that is increasingly spiraling out of control aren’t the best way to cozy up to the American people. Although, maybe the American ...
October 30, 2005
If you?re one of those unlucky souls that has been keeping a close eye on politics in recent months, the above picture is probably one you have seen before. For those of you that have turned a blind eye to our national governmental horror show, allow me to fill you in: that is a picture of former H...
October 13, 2005
Among the things for which actor and American icon John Wayne is best known is his supposedly sage quip, ?Keep it simple, stupid.?
Coming from the Duke, this is a message that resonates with the American people. We fancy ourselves as decisive; a people of action. We don?t get caught up in Europ...
October 13, 2005
The other day, I wrote a column about why I felt the Senate should not confirm Harriet Miers to serve on the Supreme Court. I was pretty proud of the piece, but before I let my head get too big, I realized that I?m no great shakes myself. I really had no more authority to deem Harriet Miers unworthy...
October 10, 2005
It was announced recently that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) was indicted on charges of conspiracy in relation to some questionable dealings concerning campaign funds. Also in the news recently is the possibility that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) is guilty of duplicitously dump...
October 10, 2005
Many voices in the media have been saying of late that President Bush handed democrats a gift in his much criticized nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. The conventional wisdom is that Miers’ apparent (and I say apparent because we know roughly as much about Miers ...