N P Knipp
N P Knipp is a student of Political Science at Washburn University. Active in community service, Washburn University's student publication, "The Washburn Review", and the university chorus, Mr. Knipp is planning a career in Law and Public Policy.
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October 31, 2005
iberal Democrats have a bad name in the United States right now. I will whole-heartedly admit, the party does not have the appeal and support of years past. The lack of party unification during these troubled times is giving Democrats a bad name; for some reason, Howard Dean was chosen as party le...
October 08, 2005
Hurricane Katrina: we all know what happened, we have all heard the various news stories, and I hope that we all agree that the entire situation is tragic. Unfortunately, the Executive response to the matter is an elitist, arrogant, disgusting, and corrupt occurrence: typical of the Bush Administr...
October 08, 2005
Today it just came to me in a conversation--a moment of truth, of greatest simplicity, that struck me so profoundly I couldn’t help but to mention it in this column: what is it about this Administration the American people just don’t understand?
Since 2000, example after example after example a...
October 08, 2005
Hooters represents all that is American: huge portions of greasy food, keg beer, and voluptuous young women. There are a variety of directions this little debate of “whether Topeka(ans) need/want a Hooters”, but that point is moot: clearly, the restaurant itself wants to be here, and clearly, the c...
October 08, 2005
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;..."
To me, the above language is rather clear--but not to Bill O’Reilly. I watch “The O’Reilly Factor” with some regularity, just to get the other side. On a few occasions, Bill’s ult...
October 08, 2005
As we all know, the cost of gasoline has reached levels beyond reasonability. Not two weeks ago, prices topped out at about $3.19 a gallon. Since then we’ve had a little relief, but not much. Even a year ago at this time, gas was around $1.85, which is still insane. What the entire situation bo...