Archive | Columns
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Column: Illusory oil production
The Associated Press recently reported that as a result of a four-year boom in oil production, the United States could pass Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of oil.
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Column: Real-life consequences of Internet trolling
The Internet can be a scary place. It gives users the ability to connect effortlessly and anonymously to one another across vast physical distances. As Thomas Friedman said: The world is flat.
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Column: Our very own campaign of terror
According to some of the best available data, the United States has, since 2004, killed anywhere between 2,500 and 3,300 people in Pakistan using drone strikes. Of those killed, around 500 to 900 are suspected of having been civilians, including 176 children.
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Column: Handling of Benghazi crisis poor by president, media
The debates are over, the election is closing in and President Obama and Governor Romney are vociferously using the last few days to inundate the American people with messages about why they are best qualified to be president.
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Column: The dangers of drones
While last Monday’s final presidential debate covered an impressive breadth of topics related to American foreign policy, the discussion of drone warfare was conspicuous only by its virtual absence.
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Column: When science enters food, labels are crucial
In 1987, science fiction became reality. In this reality, what exactly constituted “food” changed, and consumers have since been left in the dark about what they eat.
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Column: The climate we ask for
As Americans, we constantly congratulate ourselves on our spirit of innovation. Yet, we give our government no incentive to be forward thinking about important long-term problems like climate change.
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Column: Arrest of Green Party candidates calls out problems in elections
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala were arrested Oct. 16, the night of the second presidential debate. Complying peacefully, they were charged with disorderly conduct after they were refused entry into Hofstra U.
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Column: Before sitting under the needle, think through that tattoo
Back when I was a freshman — long ago, at a university far, far away — I got the only tattoo I’ve ever regretted. Breaking up with a tattoo is harder, and more expensive, than dumping a live-in significant other.