The Bush administration has caused the quality of life for the average American to decline. There are 45 million citizens without health insurance, and 80 percent of these people work. The family median income has decreased by $1,500.
The beauty of managing the opinion page in a daily newspaper lies in its simplicity. The opinion writer and I, we are a different breed of newspapermen.
How do you define truth? Do you define it as what someone says on TV, or what you see on the Internet?
Paul Bremer, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, deserves to be protested. He was a key figurehead of an unjust, or at least questionable, war.
As the warm days of summer morph into the cool commencement of fall, I realize my life, like the season, is changing.
I would like to thank ASMSU for their efforts to help better tailgate by increasing safety and working with students instead of against them.
While reading through The State News, I gave John Bice's column ("How would neo-conservative revision of Bill of Rights look today?" SN 10/5) my typical quick scan to see what hate-filled rhetoric he had in store for us this week when, to my surprise, I found something agreeable. For the first time since I began reading his column last year, I found that Bice had something sensible to say and it shocked me.
Vote on Tuesday, Nov. 2, but don't forget - if your city, township, village, or school district isn't already talking about next year's elections, you'll be stuck with the consequences. Local governments have until Dec.
In a twisted attempt to steal some spotlight, the Michigan Republican Party is asking prosecutors in Ingham, Wayne, Antrim and Isabella counties to file criminal charges of voter fraud against filmmaker Michael Moore.
It's rare that a vice presidential debate actually commands attention. Tuesday's debate did more.
After reading the story ("Taming the tailgate" SN 10/5) about tailgate restrictions, it is obvious to me that university officials lack common sense and don't care about the opinions of students and trustees. The restrictions will not only fail to solve the problems with excessive alcohol consumption, but they also ignore easy fixes to problems like public urination and broken glass.
I would like to take the opportunity to clarify a few things regarding the current situation with tailgating on campus and ASMSU's role in it.
Editor's note: Each Wednesday, The State News editorial board will address a key issue of the presidential campaign.
To all of you who got out and registered to vote, thank you from the bottom of our ink-stained hearts.
Who cares if John Kerry said that a preemptive war must face a "global test?" I don't, but apparently multitudes of conservatives do.
In an effort to regulate campus-wide tailgating into a responsible, "healthy, family atmosphere," MSU officials have decided to focus on the Wilson tennis courts.
Democracy in action is a beautiful thing. When the majority, or minority, are compelled to risk their social status in the name of promoting what they feel is important, so be it.
Iraq is a disaster. Thus far, we've heard several justifications for it; the "threat" of Iraq is still a lingering argument.
What if modern President Bush-loving conservatives could rewrite America's Bill of Rights? Judging from their extremist rhetoric, I'm guessing the document might look something like this: Amendment I: Congress shall make no law infringing on majority-approved speech. Thomas Jefferson's assertion, "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism," isn't popular among modern conservatives.
It's very disappointing that Bryan Dahl didn't take a closer look at the musicians he speaks of, and the "liberals" around him.