By January 2008, all U.S. citizens were supposed to show a passport to reenter the country by land or sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean.
I am writing to express my concern at your lax approach to research in your recent editorial "Smoking ban infringes on business" (SN 6/14), supporting passive smoke exposure of Michigan residents.
The column "Beyond parenting" (SN 6/15) made me cringe. Matt Flint seems extremely upset by people who say having children is the greatest accomplishment of their lives and wonders how anything ever gets done.
A while back, I was walking down an alley, cutting my way through East Lansing, when I tripped over an angel.
A lot of presuppositions exist regarding lawyers. There are countless jokes and jabs portraying them as liars and cheats, meant to be taken as half-jokes. Michael Nifong, the prosecuting attorney in the case against former members of Duke University lacrosse team, is making it harder to think of these assumptions as jokes. With almost 29 years of prosecuting experience, the Durham County, N.C., district attorney was found guilty Saturday of ethical violations and disbarred.
In response to "Beyond parenting" (SN 6/15), thanks for the unbiased, male viewpoint of why women have children.
In David Ayoub's letter, "Vaccination programs not always beneficial" (SN 6/18), he would like the reader to believe he is an unbiased doctor protesting the "one-sided propaganda" surrounding the debate about the safety of vaccines.
Roxanne Dewyer's column "Responsible remedy" (SN 6/13), cannot discuss the issue of vaccine safety fairly without speaking to researchers and physicians who hold the opposite opinion.
In "Athletic priorities," (SN 6/14), Drew Winter argued for the irrelevance of sports, also saying every fan is simply wasting their time following teams full of "steroid-laden strangers sweating their way to artificial glory." As a student, nothing feels better than watching your chemistry lab partner plant a Spartans flag at the 50-yard line in South Bend, Ind.
Michigan finally has a replacement for the controversial Single Business Tax, or SBT, and the change looks to be a step in the right direction. State lawmakers from both political parties worked together to craft the Michigan Business Tax, or MBT.
Espresso Royale Caffe, the friendly neighborhood coffee shop facing campus on East Grand River Avenue, just announced it will start carrying environmentally friendly plastic cups made from a biodegradable, corn-based biopolymer. This means the cups will break down like any other plant, and you can even compost them yourself. The café also will start providing paper cups made from recycled paper.
I think there should be a poll every time there's another article of faith written in the paper.
There are more than 300 million people in the U.S. today. And for some reason, people feel the need to continuously bring more into this world. According to a 2006 census poll, about four million women give birth each year in the U.S.
In response to the article "Wasps may squash ash borer" (SN 6/14), I have to say it is rarely a good idea to introduce a new exotic species to counter an invasive species. When you consider the vast number of species on earth, we know very little about very few of them.
I am writing in response to the column "Responsible remedy" (SN 6/13). Columnist Roxanne Dewyer's arguments for vaccination are dangerously flawed and reflect the type of guilt propaganda used by politicians, drug companies and doctors in western society today.
"OMG, did you check out McCain's updated MySpace profile?" "No, but Barack listens to The Fugees, which rules." Yes, it's official.
Paul B.A. Holland's column "Generation must prove importance" (SN 6/13) was an impressive hodgepodge of cloying clichés and conservative propaganda masking itself as the humble voice of a generation.
I'm writing in response to Isaac DeVille's column "Reclaim patriotism," (SN 6/12). DeVille left me cringing after I read his callow treatise on American patriotism.
Detroit Tigers' Jason Verlander's no-hitter Tuesday evoked cheers from passing cars during my evening jog.
For many, smoking in bars is a fact of life; an undeniable truth. Soon, though, people's habits may be drastically altered. Michigan lawmakers held a hearing Tuesday to discuss a possible statewide ban on smoking inside bars, restaurants and workplaces.