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Column: Thanksgiving dinner, an exercise in moderation
Distant relatives have purchased their plane tickets, Dad pre-ordered the turkey a week ago and all football games planned for Nov. 27 are TiVo’d. Anyone else ready for Thanksgiving?
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Column: States filing secession petitions need to grow up
In response to the re-election of President Barack Obama, some people took to the Internet to vent. Some folks declared they would leave the country. Now, the hip new disappointment tactic is to petition to secede from the union.
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Column: Bottled water is far from pure
Banning the sale of bottled water on campus might seem like an odd way to take a stand against social injustice, but few people fully understand exactly what they are sipping from their disposable plastic bottles.
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Column: Libya, one year later
This Monday was supposed to see the start of the trial of Al Baghdadi al Mahmoudi, the former Prime Minister of Libya under Moammar Gaddafi. He is facing charges of corruption and the ordering of mass rape during last year’s uprising.
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Column: We are not alone
The anatomical Homo sapiens has been walking Earth for nearly a quarter of a million years. On a 24-hour clock we came about roughly at 23:58:43 in comparison to the age of Earth. Not until 500 B.C.
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Column: Marijuana remains illegal despite recent voting
Barack Obama was elected to a second term. Same-sex marriage was legalized in more states. But the vote that seems to maintain the highest amount of “hoorahs” and high fives was the legalization for recreational use of marijuana in Washington and Colorado.
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Column: The Republican path forward
I’m usually skeptical of claims made by party faithfuls who, in the aftermath of losing an election, claim that no ideological adjustments are necessary to win the next election.
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Column: National debt looms for next generation
The election is over. Barack Obama will serve another term as president. Supporters rejoice, detractors mourn. The American people made a choice Tuesday that will dictate the direction of public policy for at least the next four years. But that doesn’t mean our job is over.
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Column: A Sex Ed reality check
We all know that teen pregnancy is a problem. But for most of us, it is a far-off threat, one that is confined to the glow of MTV’s “Teen Mom” on Tuesday nights. The idea of being a mother or father at this point in life or earlier is, for many of us, a distant concern.
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