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Vote Whitmer
She has the experience, practical skills and know-how to make important compromises on behalf of MSU in the Michigan House of Representatives and her social agenda is on par with ours.
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Bombs away
Although President Bush's administration has repeatedly said the main goal of the war in Iraq is to disarm the war-torn nation, it was revealed Monday that there are 380 tons of devastating explosives missing in Iraq with whereabouts unknown. The news is startling, as the lack of information on the location of the weapons means we don't know if they have fallen into the wrong hands and used in past attacks already.
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Demand better from fast-food advertisers
Have mercy on the late souls of Ray Kroc and Dave Thomas. Every time a McDonald's or Wendy's commercial clogs the airwaves, the two burger barons must be turning in their graves.
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Kerry too wealthy to champion America's middle, lower classes
In just a few short days, college students across America are going to be hitting the polls to help elect the leader of the free world.
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Drop the act
If a manufactured pop star's career takes a nose-dive in the middle of the forest, will anyone hear it, or much less care? It was a shame to watch Saturday Night Live this weekend and see someone who proclaims to be a singer miming on a live show.
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Vote Rogers
He might not have run an intensive campaign, he might have stars in his eyes of larger political aspirations and, well, we might even disagree with some of his politics, but, by and large, Representative Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, is still the best choice to represent you in the House of Representatives. In the race for the 8th District Congressional seat - who represents you in the Washington, D.C.
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Conservatives realize Bush is dangerous
Originally, I planned to write a column detailing the disturbing similarities between the Bush administration and George Orwell's masterpiece, "1984." During Bush's watch we've witnessed Big Brother attempts to organize a volunteer army of citizen spies (Operation TIPS) and create an invasive government database of personal information (Total Information Awareness). In Orwell's dystopia, the government uses misleading language and patriotic rhetoric to control attitudes and beliefs.
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Spending for national defense not in line with nation's real priorities
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex," said President Dwight Eisenhower in 1961.
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Passive-aggressive political wars of words should be settled via duel
First off, I sincerely hope you're enjoying today's Boston Red Sox-themed Opinion page. Really, my warmest regards. But let's talk shop.
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Columbus Day not worthy of protest
I recently read a story in your paper ('"U' celebrate heritage"" SN 10/12) about the people at the North American Indigenous Student Organization and how they protested Columbus Day due to Christopher Columbus' greed, thirst for power and complete mistreatment of American Indians. First of all, I agree with you that Columbus was looking for fame and fortune and didn't care how he achieved it. But, you must realize this was more than 500 years ago.
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Nader, not Moore, is real 'turncoat'
It's ironic that Ralph Nader calls Michael Moore a turncoat when he wouldn't be on the ballot in most states without the signatures of local Republicans. Nader is like a tragic Greek hero, a good man flawed by his arrogance.
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Owning up
A dangerous threat to actual survivors of rape and sexual assault are those who falsely report the crime.
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8th District hopeful is 'narrow-minded'
I had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting 8th District Congressional candidate John Mangopoulos three years ago when he came to speak to my high school government class.
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Legendary
All right. We aren't going to get into the middle of sports' greatest rivalry. We aren't even located anywhere near Boston or New York, and there are maybe two staff members here that were born or raised on the East Coast.
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Baby steps
Student renters scored a small victory midnight on Tuesday when the moratorium on banning new rental licenses in East Lansing expired without renewal.
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Sure bet
A common reaction to perceived governmental intrusion action is "N.I.M.B.Y." - Not in my back yard.
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Kerry brings 'compassionate' politics into debate over health care
What does it mean to be compassionate? Those magnanimous souls among us endowed with the grace to empathize with the less-fortunate are truly respected among our societal communities and especially in our faith communities.
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Don't be fooled by 'turncoat' Moore
Michael Moore is visiting campuses to convince students to hold their noses and vote for John Kerry.
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Side by side
Editor's note: Today's edition concludes our issue-based editorials regarding key platforms of the presidential campaign.