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Column: America should embrace this May Day to seek change in rights
You’ve gone soft, America. Almost 240 years ago, you declared independence for yourself and booted a tyrannical government from your land. These days, a great American political movement most likely refers to an election with an unusually large voter turnout (looking at you, 2008).
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Column: Practicality of student loans questionable with unrealistic federal promises
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to prevent college student interest rates from doubling. Phew.
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Column: This is not journalism
I am not a journalist. It pains me every time someone confuses opinion columns with news articles. Reporters and journalists report the facts — columnists like me twist the facts to fit our worldview. Rupert Murdoch is also not a journalist.
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Column: Hold Murdoch much more responsible
Rupert Murdoch claimed that he knew nothing of the News of the World phone hacking scandal when it initially happened. During a judicial inquiry in London on Thursday, which was investigating the tabloid’s violation of ethics, Murdoch apologized for not taking immediate action.
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Column: Romney’s view on education
Mitt Romney is the presumptive GOP nominee for president. It’s safe to assume that the race for the White House between the former Massachusetts governor and President Barack Obama will be an exciting and nasty one. This will be nowhere more apparent than in the discussion of education in the U.S.
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Column: The POTUS without the mostest
You probably saw, or at least heard about, President Barack Obama’s speech last week. You know, the one about the rising interest rates on student loans. You didn’t? Are you sure? It was the one where Jimmy Fallon chimed in every few sentences.
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Column: Uphold SB 1070 in Arizona
Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070, a tough immigration law, has sparked national debate as individuals have begun to rally for and against the bill, marking its arrival at the Supreme Court. Republican Gov.
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Column: The trenta experience
At about nine inches tall, four-and-a-half inches wide and with a holding capacity slightly larger than that of a human stomach, the “trenta”-sized coffee at Starbucks (henceforth called Trenta; it has earned the upper case) has a formidable presence, one with a sort of nervous and ...
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Column: Affordable Care Act does not benefit young people
Two years after its passage, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, dubbed “Obamacare,” is currently awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of its provision that every American be required to purchase health insurance.
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