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(04/06/11 12:41am)
If you have been paying any attention to the news lately, you are well aware the U.S. is in a budget crisis. Because of these economic woes, we must cut collective bargaining rights, pensions and health care benefits to public workers, or so we hear. Those greedy teachers, staffers and police officers are destroying the country, right?
(04/04/11 11:07pm)
Protests in Afghanistan quickly turned violent as protesters stormed a U.N. compound, killing at least seven U.N. workers and allegedly beheading two of them.
(04/03/11 11:37pm)
There has been a long tradition of historians arguing over the justifications for expansive executive power. Among the main reasons is the idea that during the uncertainty of an emergency, a chief magistrate must carry out certain necessary actions to preserve the nation.
(04/01/11 12:19am)
High-speed rail has been criticized as a progressive delusion and a waste of taxpayer money. Conservatives have treated it like communism — a concept that seems utopian, but when implemented only will hurt us further. These are all conservative horror stories, perpetuated by their delusions of economic “truths;” the reality is much more ambiguous than they wish to admit.
(03/30/11 10:49pm)
Should lying be protected by the First Amendment? Claiming a military honor one actually did not receive is perhaps one of the lowest lies a person can tell, but does that make it criminal?
(03/30/11 12:04am)
The American involvement in the international intervention in Libya is drawing a lot of negative attention. A Gallup Poll conducted last monday found only 47 percent of Americans approve of the military role the U.S. is playing in the campaign; 37 percent flat out disapprove.
(03/28/11 11:36pm)
In the editorial Coalition should diversify protest methods (SN 3/11), The State News editorial board criticizes the Coalition Against Sexual Violence for the manner in which it engages in activism against sexual violence.
(03/27/11 11:46pm)
What does Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot against the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals, “The Drive,” led by Hall of Famer John Elway and the revolts happening now in the Middle East all have in common?
(03/24/11 12:16am)
International political history shows a system in which nations use interminable means to achieve selfish ends. As the Greek historian Thucydides famously stated, “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”
(03/23/11 12:04am)
On March 19, NATO forces led by the United Kingdom, France and U.S. — with the backing of a United Nations resolution — began their assault, or “intervention,” after forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi failed to initiate a mandatory cease-fire.
(03/21/11 11:28pm)
It’s been an eventful weekend in the Middle East. The United Nations passed a resolution permitting the use of force in Libya, while Bahraini protesters were bullied, bloodied and butchered by government forces.
(03/21/11 12:01am)
Wall Street was subjected to a lot of blame during the recent financial crisis. Much of the anger and frustration was understandable. It is true banks were allowed to take risks for which they were not held accountable.
(03/18/11 12:46am)
Now more than ever, being a celebrity has turned into much more than what one does with his or her time on the screen or in front of the crowd.
(03/17/11 1:16am)
Green vomit isn’t something of which Irish people necessarily are proud. For some reason, a decent amount of MSU students seem to think that’s what celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is about.
(03/15/11 11:20pm)
Disasters have a devastating effect on people’s personal lives, the landscape, economies — the list goes on. However, what effect do natural disasters have on faith?
(03/14/11 11:39pm)
Last Saturday, 100,000 people marched on the Capitol of Wisconsin. The protest, given lip-service by every cable news station, was in defiance of Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recently passed bill to strip government workers of collective bargaining rights.
(03/14/11 12:08am)
For a long time I’ve considered myself a pessimist or cynic — capable of seeing the problems in life and providing negative criticism, but struggling with finding real solutions.
(03/04/11 2:18am)
Holy shit I swear a lot. I have no problem with people who swear like sailors and have ingested more soap than water over the years of washing out their mouths.
(03/03/11 12:24am)
Not too long ago, I was listening to the other students in my philosophy class discuss issues of justice and global equality. I heard someone say something ill-informed about the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
(03/02/11 12:56am)
I was in Chicago at the Congress Theater on Halloween 2008 when Lupe Fiasco announced the name of his third album, “LupEND.” Since then, it has been postponed and renamed — to “Lasers” — with only three of its tracks released on the Internet.