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COMMENTARY

Evolution should always be taught

More than a century after Charles Darwin's death, we're still debating evolution. Last week, the Michigan State Board of Education rightfully approved guidelines for public schools to teach evolution, but not intelligent design, in science classes.

COMMENTARY

DeVos improves, Granholm still wins

Two down, one to go. Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Republican candidate Dick DeVos continued their attacks in the second of three televised debates Tuesday night. While DeVos' speaking ability improved significantly from the first debate just a week before, his pro-business stance was the same.

COMMENTARY

'Daily Show' legit? Yeah, we knew that.

Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" is funny, entertaining and apparently just as informative as traditional networks' evening news. An Indiana University study released last week divulged some not-too-surprising information about the news media — Stewart's "fake news" program is "just as substantive" as regular network news coverage. With little context and analysis on most nightly news programs, this shouldn't be a huge shock, but it should be a wake-up call to viewers who consider their network's news coverage more serious and superior to shows like Stewart's. "The Daily Show" shouldn't be brushed off as fluff.

COMMENTARY

Career Gallery 2006 showed off best at MSU

Last week, there was a campus event that involved thousands of students and hundreds of multimillion-dollar companies — and it had nothing to do with sports. It was the largest career fair in MSU history: Career Gallery 2006.

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Americans can learn from Amish community's response to shooting

While living in Chicago a few years ago, I witnessed something quite surreal as I studied near Grant Park across from the famed Michigan Avenue. As though I were gawking at an intriguing television screen, from across the street I watched an Amish family of seven or eight explore a block of Chicago — their complete plainness contrasted by the elaborate, superfluousness that is downtown big city. The quiet children amid honking horns.

COMMENTARY

North Korea should be dealt with now

North Korea's claim that it has tested a nuclear weapon is raising questions and provoking fear around the world. The face behind the arsenal is North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who, since his reign began in 1994, has isolated his country from the world, resulting in widespread poverty and famine.

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Keller leaves out key piece of debate context

This is in response to Tom Keller's "Gubernatorial debate observations," (SN 10/4). While I agree with Keller's view that debates are usually boring, I think he missed a vital part of this debate. In his column, he wrote that at 8:07 p.m., Gov.