Archive | Editorials
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Editorial: Trayvon Martin case should be tried by jury
In a sure-to-be hotly debated decision, special prosecutor Angela Corey announced that a grand jury will not examine the case of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old who was shot and killed in Sanford by self-proclaimed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
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Editorial: Romney on the Charles
Last Thursday, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney attributed President Barack Obama’s alleged ineptitude to his having “spent too much time at Harvard, perhaps.” If learning at this university has the potential to dull one’s faculties, Romney must be speaking from experience.
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Editorial: Supreme Court’s role is not related to elected majorities
Law is a complicated thing, but understanding the role of the Supreme Court in our government is not. Unlike Congress and the presidency, the Supreme Court is not a political branch of government.
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Editorial: Media created assumptions beyond known facts in Trayvon Martin case
No matter who ends up the victim in the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case, the media is going to go down in history as the bad guy.
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Editorial: Obama’s efforts to allow students to travel to Cuba are extremely appropriate
President Obama recently accomplished one of the specific campaign promises he made with respect to the U.S.’s Cuba policy. He awarded Americans open rights to send money to and visit family in Cuba.
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Editorial: No contingency plan in place for health care law
“There’s no contingency plan in place,” said White House spokesman Josh Earnest during Wednesday’s White House briefing. “We remain fully confident in the belief that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional.” However it is beginning to appear that the U.S.
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Editorial: Social networking may stave off Israel-Iran conflict
The Israeli and Iranian governments have both exchanged quite a lot of threats that entail large-scale bombing runs on each other.
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Editorial: Stand your ground?
When news broke regarding the death of Trayvon Martin, a teenager from Florida, the public was horrified. A neighborhood watch volunteer shot Martin on a rainy night, claiming he attacked because he felt he was in danger and had to defend him self.
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Editorial: Keep allowing affirmative action
When the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes next, they will hear a case involving Abigail Fisher’s denied admission to U. Texas which was, she claims, due to affirmative action.