Tuesday, January 6, 2026

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Columns

COMMENTARY

An indefinite truth

Thank goodness for the moral compass that Hollywood provides. Without it, we would be lost and unable to form any sort of opinion on any topic that concerns humanity.

COMMENTARY

No more Dick

Vice President Dick Cheney is an embarrassment to the United States and his time to resign or be dismissed may be now.

COMMENTARY

False impressions

In February, an interesting conversation took place in the letters to the editor section of this paper, originating with "Christianity doesn't need column to incite reaction" (SN 2/7). The author of that letter imagined atheism and religion as two bars of metal.

COMMENTARY

Hypocrisy on the hill

If there is one thing I cannot stand, it's self-righteous hypocrites. You know the type: Holier-than-thou, sanctimonious blowhards who insist they're better than everyone else, despite the fact that they're just as bad as (or worse than) the people they're condemning. The evangelical pastor Jerry Falwell, a notorious sexist bigot who famously claimed that gays, lesbians and feminists "helped" cause the Sept.

COMMENTARY

Holding on to faith

Earlier this week, news broke that a documentary entitled "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" was scheduled to be aired March 4 on the Discovery Channel.

COMMENTARY

Now open for debate

In the world we live in, people are constantly being told what and how to think. On TV, intrusive commercials tell us what brand of jeans to wear.

COMMENTARY

Language logistics

When I hear the word assimilation, I shudder inside. To me, assimilation is the death of heritage and background.

COMMENTARY

Drug war overhaul

For years, the United States has been fighting a seemingly endless battle with no clear solution in sight, against an enemy that threatens to tear our society apart.

COMMENTARY

World Wide friend

We have become a society in which friendliness is a rare quality to possess. I give a big thanks to the World Wide Web. It's said that you can't judge a person on a first impression, but can you judge them on a first impression followed by a few hours of stalking on Facebook.com? We have come to the point in which we can look up people's personalities on a Web page — no questions asked — instead of letting people share themselves with us.

COMMENTARY

Iraq under anarchy

So Tony Blair, British prime minister and erstwhile Bush administration hand puppet, has decided to put the finishing touches on a plan to pull his troops out of Iraq. For anyone following Britain's curious involvement in the war — 40,000 troops for the invasion, scaled back to 9,000 two years later and 7,100 a scant year after that — the move hardly comes as a surprise.

COMMENTARY

Bush's errors as president call for impeachment proceedings

It seems like a lifetime ago that George W. Bush was installed as president by a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling, but only a little more than six short years have passed since that fateful decision. In just six years, Bush turned a record budget surplus into a record deficit. He took our national reputation from an unprecedented high after the Sept.

COMMENTARY

Urbanization of small cities will help solve growing global crises

The issues facing our world continue to grow larger. From dependence on Middle Eastern oil to the horrible state economy to environmental threats — these don't seem like issues most of us can personally address in a small Mid-Michigan city. Sure, we can do our part by dropping a pop can in the recycling bin, but impacting global issues seems far out of reach. When I opened The State News on Tuesday, however, a few dots began to connect.