Archive | Opinion
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Column: Debunking the middle class
Game theory suggests that in the final sum of things, Democratic politics is mostly about wooing the median voter, i.e. the individual or demographic whose inclusion will bring your coalition to 50.1 percent of the vote.
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Column: The economy still sucks
Last month, the national unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent. Given that the unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent in October 2009, the economy must have improved significantly over the last three years, right? Actually, no. In many ways, the economy has barely improved, if at all.
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Column: DNC provides bump, but doesn’t push Obama over the edge
With the Republican and Democratic National Conventions completed and the party bases energized, the real campaigning begins as the candidates focus their efforts more aggressively on swing states. The Democratic Party has demonstrated that it knows how to rally its base and energize support.
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Editorial: Knowing the facts about suicide can save lives
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, part of National Suicide Prevention Week. Suicide among high school students has been a high-profile issue lately, but college students actually are more at risk than adolescents.
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Editorial: The duty of citizenship requires enlightened voting
Our national philosophy informs us that our citizenship is a duty, and that it is a duty that must be done with virtue. Being a citizen encompasses the acts comprising a state of self-governance. Webster’s states duty is “conduct based on ... a sense of propriety,” and “any action ...
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Editorial: First glimpse into November
At the Republican National Convention Aug. 30, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney delivered arguably the most important speech of his already distinguished life. In 38 minutes and to chants of “USA!
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Column: Apple controls consumers after verdict
The latest model of the iPhone comes out September 12, and as consumers upgrade their phones, they will downgrade their values in American capitalism. As if in anticipation of putting its new toy on the market, Apple successfully sued Samsung late last month for rights on intellectual property.
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Column: Virginia Tech decision sets high bar for college campus safety
It’s more than a little ironic that an investigation into whether or not Virginia Tech officials acted in a “timely” fashion in the wake of the 2007 shooting has taken more than five years to complete.
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Editorial: Do conventions matter?
Today marks the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, and in the wake of last week’s Republican National Convention, we have to ask: What significance apart from grandstanding and showmanship do party conventions have in modern American politics?