Archive | Opinion
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Column: Why I’m voting for Romney
Four years ago, Barack Obama promised the American people hope and change. Today, President Obama has a track record to evaluate, and by objective measures, it is not good. The president acknowledges this, and his message is now, “I need more time. If we stay the course, things will get better.
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Column: Why I’m voting for Obama
When you go to the polls, you will face a stark choice between a president who entered office with two wars raging and an economy on the brink, but nonetheless brought us to a point of stability, and a formerly moderate governor who wants to bring back failed economic policies and backward social ...
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Column: Illusory oil production
The Associated Press recently reported that as a result of a four-year boom in oil production, the United States could pass Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of oil.
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Column: Real-life consequences of Internet trolling
The Internet can be a scary place. It gives users the ability to connect effortlessly and anonymously to one another across vast physical distances. As Thomas Friedman said: The world is flat.
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Column: Our very own campaign of terror
According to some of the best available data, the United States has, since 2004, killed anywhere between 2,500 and 3,300 people in Pakistan using drone strikes. Of those killed, around 500 to 900 are suspected of having been civilians, including 176 children.
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Column: Handling of Benghazi crisis poor by president, media
The debates are over, the election is closing in and President Obama and Governor Romney are vociferously using the last few days to inundate the American people with messages about why they are best qualified to be president.
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Column: The dangers of drones
While last Monday’s final presidential debate covered an impressive breadth of topics related to American foreign policy, the discussion of drone warfare was conspicuous only by its virtual absence.
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Column: When science enters food, labels are crucial
In 1987, science fiction became reality. In this reality, what exactly constituted “food” changed, and consumers have since been left in the dark about what they eat.
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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.