Archive | Opinion
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Editorial: No good choice in November for privacy, due process, rights
Much has been said about the presidential candidates’ views on social issues, if you limit that category to civil rights, equality and religious concerns. But what about the more basic civil liberties of privacy, due process, assembly and freedom from unwarranted detention?
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Column: Low voter turnout could be beneficial
Whichever candidate takes office in January will have plenty of people to thank, most notably the Americans who voted him into office. But more than a third of us won’t have participated.
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Column: All information pointed to a terrorist attack in Libya
Maybe, despite killing of Osama bin Laden, the Obama team is actually a bunch of “soft” warriors who want the United States to be liked, especially in the Middle East. I, for one, called it right when the attack took place on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept.
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Column: Is the US capitalist, socialist or both?
Words get thrown around a lot without any real thought to the meaning behind them. Socialist. Liberal. Fascist. Republican. Communist. Capitalist. Whoa. Capitalist?
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Editorial: Vanishing act
Images of women were removed in the Saudi Arabian version of an IKEA catalog, according to article in TIME magazine Monday.
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Column: Reshaping the ‘ism’ debate
One can hardly think of two more contentious words in the American political lexicon than socialism and capitalism. Neither can I think of two words as highly misused and misunderstood.
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Column: Affirmative action still necessary to building inclusive, diverse university campuses
The Supreme Court will soon hear a case that could shake up the college admissions process. Theoretically, affirmative action is no longer necessary.
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Editorial: Presidential debates should be more inclusive
In five days, tens of millions of Americans will gather around their televisions and computers to watch the first presidential debate of the 2012 election. President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney will appear on stage to convince voters that their solutions will improve the country.
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Column: The new wave of nuclear power
In the United States there are 65 running nuclear power plants. There have been no new facilities built since construction of the final reactor began in 1977. That means the youngest of these facilities is approaching its 30th birthday. Sounds like it’s time for an upgrade.