Archive | Columns
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Column: Romney’s ‘morals’
Wednesday night, Mitt Romney played the morals card. During the debate, he stated that the budget deficit is “not just an economic issue, I think it’s a moral issue.
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Column: Veteran still suffers cruel confinement
Pfc. Bradley Manning made headlines in 2010 when he was arrested for the leak of around 250,000 private documents concerning operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to the website WikiLeaks, known for its mission of transparency in government. Manning was arrested on May 26, 2010 and has been under U.
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Column: Low voter turnout could be beneficial
Whichever candidate takes office in January will have plenty of people to thank, most notably the Americans who voted him into office. But more than a third of us won’t have participated.
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Column: All information pointed to a terrorist attack in Libya
Maybe, despite killing of Osama bin Laden, the Obama team is actually a bunch of “soft” warriors who want the United States to be liked, especially in the Middle East. I, for one, called it right when the attack took place on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept.
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Column: Is the US capitalist, socialist or both?
Words get thrown around a lot without any real thought to the meaning behind them. Socialist. Liberal. Fascist. Republican. Communist. Capitalist. Whoa. Capitalist?
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Column: Reshaping the ‘ism’ debate
One can hardly think of two more contentious words in the American political lexicon than socialism and capitalism. Neither can I think of two words as highly misused and misunderstood.
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Column: Affirmative action still necessary to building inclusive, diverse university campuses
The Supreme Court will soon hear a case that could shake up the college admissions process. Theoretically, affirmative action is no longer necessary.
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Column: The new wave of nuclear power
In the United States there are 65 running nuclear power plants. There have been no new facilities built since construction of the final reactor began in 1977. That means the youngest of these facilities is approaching its 30th birthday. Sounds like it’s time for an upgrade.
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Column: How did Univision’s interviews affect Obama and Romney?
Last week, presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney spoke separately on the Spanish-language television channel Univision to address issues regarding the Latino community and, of course, to attempt to woo Latino voters.