Archive | Opinion
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Column: How did Univision’s interviews affect Obama and Romney?
Last week, presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney spoke separately on the Spanish-language television channel Univision to address issues regarding the Latino community and, of course, to attempt to woo Latino voters.
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Column: The Benghazi boondoggle
It is the morning of September 11, 2012. Things seem to be looking up for President Obama — a slew of polls has come out showing that the President maintains a lead in a handful of swing states he will need to win come November.
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Column: How the iPhone has been a boon for the U.S. economy
The release of the iPhone 5 this past weekend marks five years since the launch of Apple’s smart phone back in 2007 that arguably kicked off the smart phone revolution. Nowadays, the iPhone faces stiff competition from Android phones, but there is still a quality that is unmatched in the iPhone.
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Column: Americans should not fear a shortage of delicious greasy bacon
I’m sure you’re all devastated about the news of the worldwide pork shortage. Yes, this includes our favorite meat, bacon. Last Thursday, Britain’s National Pig Association warned that the escalating numbers of shrinking herds are going cause an “unavoidable bacon shortage.
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Editorial: Replacement referees jeopardize safety, integrity of football
We’ve seen it since week one: replacement referees — as society has learned to call them — have missed calls and become more willing to throw flags, illegal hits and just utter uncertainty with the game.
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Column: The duties of moderate Muslims
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula or “Sam Bacile,” the man behind the blasphemous YouTube video that has set the Islamic world on fire, may be a twisted man but it is only naive to demand his arrest, and delusional to believe that it would be any sort of a fix to the real problem.
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Column: Obama’s foreign policy matters in this election
In this election, Americans are understandably most concerned about their pocketbooks — their ability to put food on the table, to pay for gas, to cover the cost of college. Alas, the world does not pause while we attempt to put our house in order.
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Editorial: Tax returns, like birth certificates, cloud election’s real issues
It’s time to stop asking for Mitt Romney’s tax returns. The dogged, single-minded pursuit of Romney’s tax history by individuals demanding the returns, like Nevada Sen.
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Column: Romney ‘face-dyeing’ should prompt evaluation of media
We live in a world where communication has drastically transformed in the past few decades. Not only do we speak in person, on cell phones, via Skype and FaceTime, but we text, Tweet, post statuses, blog and submit Instagram photos.