This world will only be carried by its current leaders for so long; change is imminent. Our present group of legislators will retire, being replaced by a new Congress, led by members of Nick Goralka’s age, and they’ll be the group to truly face the repercussions of our country’s horrible economic situation. That Liberal Pinko delves into a mind of this generation of leaders-in-training to allow others to gain insight into how these new leaders will shape the future world.
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With all the media hype surrounding these debates, no one has asked the one unanswerable question: Why do we watch these things? Published 6:22 p.m. October 22, 2012 - Comments
With undecided voters few and far between, conventions aren't about teaching anyone anything. The real goal of of the RNC and DNC was to deliver safe, scripted, zero-content pep rallies. Published 2:55 p.m. September 7, 2012 - Comments
Obama and his agenda suffer scathing criticism for the amount of deficit spending in his budget. As a country, we truly don’t need to care. Published 7:36 p.m. May 21, 2012 - Comments
The Republicans have largely built their campaigns on bashing the job that Obama has done for the past three years, but Obama hasn’t even started to campaign, and that bodes badly for the GOP. Published 1:01 a.m. April 19, 2012 - Comments
Nick Goralka is a sports enthusiast with eclectic interests. In addition to cheering on and suffering along with his Chicago teams, Nick is a competitively-ranked tennis player, enjoys debating real versus imaginary numbers in mathematical functions, and is a trumpet ...
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Nick Goralka is a sports enthusiast with eclectic interests. In addition to cheering on and suffering along with his Chicago teams, Nick is a competitively-ranked tennis player, enjoys debating real versus imaginary numbers in mathematical functions, and is a trumpet soloist in his Jazz ensemble which has performed throughout Chicago and for Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Vice President Joe Biden at a recent charity fundraiser.
Nick is still in high school, steadily working his way through his Statistics class, and learning more and more every day about analyzing the sports that he loves.