Dan Jakeway’s letter, Overhaul of Republican Party will help win election in fall (SN 7/24), was well-written and addressed some important points. I, too, would like to see the presence of classical conservatism return to politics in this country. However, Jakeway comes up short on practical solutions for the Republican Party’s flaws.
Parents find it easy to complain about the way their children are learning today. They say teenagers spend too much time online and not enough time with a book in their hands. Research no longer necessarily involves a library and a card catalog. But that doesn’t mean the Internet has killed education or reading.
Anger. That is the most accurate way for me to gauge how thought-provoking the documentary “CNN Presents: Black in America” was. At approximately 10:05 p.m. Wednesday night, I realized I was in fact angry with the material being presented in front of me. Mainly because it reminds me that, despite the colossal strides this country has taken towards the goal of racial unity, there’s still immense work to be done.
Most Americans are aware of the dangers cigarettes and other tobacco products pose to our health. For people in lesser developed countries, Bill Gates is going to make sure they’re knowledgeable about the damage tobacco products can do to their body.
It is becoming increasingly clear with each passing day that Iraq has been broken and it will not glue back together. And with each fresh report of a militia attack or bombing, it seems less and less likely that Iraq will be able to continue as it was. The country is now divided bitterly against religious lines that are thousands of years old. The Shiite-Sunni rivalry was only barely contained by Baathist totalitarianism, and Iraq’s current power vacuum has given rise to a battle for power centuries in the making.
The Republican Party, originally associated with the likes of Abraham Lincoln, is in shambles today. Its underlying philosophy, practiced by people like former president Ronald Reagan, has been completely undermined by the new crop of neoconservatives who rather resemble statist totalitarians than anything else. The republican brand needs to be repackaged anew if it’s to have any significance in American politics for the next generation.
Some genius thought it would be a great idea to post a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the United Auto Workers Web site outlining the Democrats’ plan to take over Michigan. Now, their secret has been exposed to the world.
As a gardener, I absolutely loved the article Rain gardens filter stormwater (SN 7/21) and think it was really well written and written with a lot of enthusiasm. I loved the quote from Ann Hancock especially, and the fact you went straight to the sources of Patricia Pennell and Dan Christian. I have one exception with the article.
How would you feel if police officers became a familiar sight in the dorm hallways when you were on your way to the community bathroom?
Many cell phone users have mastered the art of text messaging. Even my parents — who are well over 50 — have learned how to contact me by text when they can’t reach me by phone. It might take them 20 minutes to compose the text message and they might correctly spell out every word, but eventually I receive their “I love you” and “good luck” wishes.
An April article in The State News titled Students rally for energy efficiency (SN 4/17) highlighted efforts of students to pass a strong renewable energy portfolio standard in Michigan.
There is nothing “extremist” about seeking to reduce and eliminate suffering, whether on behalf of people or animals (Extreme animal rights group not good fellowship sponsor, SN 7/8). The scholars involved in the human-animal studies field seek to understand and evaluate the many complex relationships people have with animals of all kinds and in all settings.
Believe it or not, college students have a lot more in common than stressing over exams and partying on the weekends — at least in Michigan.
This past week, residents of the District of Columbia began to line up to apply for permits to carry handguns. It has been a few weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the D.C. handgun ban was unconstitutional, and finally, the debate over the operative clause of the Second Amendment has yielded policy results. I still wonder, however, if the majority opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia correctly interprets the 221-year-old amendment.
Most major conflicts arise in this world because two or more groups of people believe that they are entitled to the same property. Wars are started over what group of people is entitled to a country, or what country is entitled to what property.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has been taking some heat for his lack of knowledge in foreign affairs — but this past weekend he might have proved that he is willing to learn.
Our society is based on a lot of customs and traditions. While some of them have real utility, many of them are now defunct rituals and formalities that do more harm than good. Just like the evolution of life on this planet, some human behavior also must be phased out to suit changing times.
As fall semester draws closer with each passing day, so does the burden of scraping up money for textbooks. For those who can’t afford steeply priced textbooks, many of them turn to alternatives such as shopping online, pairing up with a classmate to share a book or refrain from buying books at all.
I’m the type of person who thrives under pressure. In fact, there are a lot of things I just can’t get done unless I’m on a tight deadline or there’s some impending doom looming over my shoulder that requires me to act quickly. I sat down Monday night, for example, to start writing a paper due Wednesday for my sociology class.
What a joy it was to open The State News of July 11. We got some good old opinion material to sink our teeth into with, Consider planet when having kids (SN 7/11). Drew Robert Winter decided to take on the age-old establishment of “birthin’ babies.”