Archive | Editorials
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Editorial: The task at hand
When Barack Obama entered office in January of 2009, he inherited a country on the brink of economic collapse. There was little he or anyone else could do at that point to stop the U.S. economy from sliding into the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression.
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Editorial: Four more years for Obama
With re-election comes more responsibility. President Barack Obama defeated former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and earned another term in the White House.
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Editorial: Stop feeding the troll
Donald Trump does it again. The billionaire casino mogul and host of NBC’s "The Apprentice," who explored a presidential run of his own earlier this year, spent the past several days teasing a revelation he implied would shake up the presidential election.
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Editorial: Popularity pays
A recent study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that students who are popular in high school are more financially successful later in life, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal Tuesday.
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Editorial: U.S. should engage in more collaborative foreign policy
While former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama squabbled over Libyan diplomacy and the U.S.’s presence in Syria, the premise of their arguments were off base. As Romney spoke of the U.S.
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Editorial: Romney’s case to repeal
“If a mandate was the solution, we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody buy a house,” President Obama said in 2008, arguing against legally requiring individuals to buy health insurance.
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Editorial: Obama, Romney fail to make distinctions
Monday night, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney met at Lynn U. in Boca Raton, Fla. for the third and final presidential debate of the 2012 election season. The debate, moderated by CBS’s Bob Scheiffer, focused on foreign policy.
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Editorial: Nike cuts ties to Armstrong
Nike decided to terminate its contract with Lance Armstrong Wednesday because of “insurmountable evidence that he participated in doping,” according to TIME. Nike said in a statement that it “does not condone the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in any manner.
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Editorial: So, what about the other economic issues?
Polls have shown the economy is the highest priority of voters. The candidates’ most specific plans have focused on taxes and spending. But many other factors affect the economy and the recovery — factors that have received significantly less focus from either candidate.