Star Power?

Forbes released its World’s Most Powerful Women List. Coming in at number 11 is twenty-five year old Lady Gaga, while her fellow entertainer, twenty-nine year old Beyonce Knowles  landed the 18^th spot. The following link gives the entire list.

http://www.forbes.com/wealth/power-women#p_1_s_arank

Do you think young singers belong in the company of these renowned world leaders in business and politics? Please state for case for why or why not?

1st Blog for Fall 2011 Term

Laws curtail and create traditions. One presidential candidate is proposing changes to the United States Constitution.  Thinking about the Bill of Rights alone, are these ten hallowed laws outdated? Though well written, do they apply to a diverse, technologically advanced and ever changing society such as ours? Certainly, the Supreme Court interprets these laws, but could the United States benefit from a legal over-haul?

State your answer and your reasoning of why any portion of the Constitution should or should not be changed.

Money for the Movies

In the past three years we have heard daily talk of debt and recession. Our economic situation regularly gets compared to the Great Depression.  During this same period of time movie goers have flocked to theaters in record breaking numbers. A variety of genres from Batman: The Dark Knight (2008 over $533Million), Avatar (2009 over $760 million), Toy Story 3 (2010 over $414 Million) to the current Harry Potter (2011 over $318 Million and going strong) have racked in extraordinary amounts of money.

How does this jive with our financial crisis? Is this just a sign that we need an escape every now and then, or do people in this country set entertainment higher on their priority list than other items? Perhaps it’s something entirely different.

What’s your opinion?