When opponents and advocates of a petition against gay marriage both speak out against an Aug. 23 Michigan Board of State Canvassers' decision, you know something is seriously wrong. The petition to ratify the Michigan Marriage Amendment act was filed on time with 464,243 properly certified signatures - outstripping the required 317,757 signatures needed to put gay marriage before Michigan voters this November.
Political and cultural commentator H. L. Mencken is credited as having issued this caution: "We get the government we deserve." Certainly, most of the blame for our dysfunctional government belongs with "we the people" for not bothering to become educated about important issues and participate significantly in our democracy.
Evan Rondeau's understanding of science is as muddled as his logic in his piece "Infidelity runs rampant in nature." (SN 8/10). When Rondeau states that "(humans) are much more evolved ? than voles," he is actually saying that his understanding of natural selection is so poor that he really has no business commenting on the issue. Natural selection does not result in creatures more or less evolved, but rather varying levels of complexity in response to different selection pressures. Articles by ill-informed journalists like Evan Rondeau are much of the reason people are mislead about the role of genes, and the impact of genetic technology.
After turning off my TV in disgust every day of the Olympics, I wish to lodge this rant of complaint to officials, sportscasters, and sportswriters.
Reckless capitalism is a system grounded only in profit. It is a selfish pursuit of a bottom line inflated beyond what is necessary, and more importantly, what is just.
Recent action by the Board of State Canvassers is an appalling slap in the face to voters. Two Democrats on the board decided voters should not have a chance to vote on the marriage amendment simply because they do not agree with the amendment.
There has always been the notion that suggests many Americans hold a nonchalant attitude about political issues.
The Republican Party has assembled the right team of speakers for its national convention. The party is poised to bring home its ideology with a prime-time lineup that includes politicians who are influential both inside and outside the party line, such as U.S.
It's great to see hip-hop moguls Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and Russell Simmons trying to get young people to vote.
Welcome to MSU. According to a 2000 study by the U.S. Department of Justice titled "The Sexual Victimization of College Women," nearly 5 percent of college women are victims of sexual violence each year.
I'm extremely disappointed at the two photos accompanying the presidential election story on the front page of the Welcome Week Edition of The State News. The reader's eye is naturally drawn to the largest color photo on the page where we clearly read "Bush Country" or other pro-President Bush messages.
Wednesday was the Day of Conscience for the Darfur genocide. I participated by fasting as a way to lend my voice to urge the leaders of the world to stop the massacre that is taking place. We swore the Holocaust would never happen again, but it is.
Education, in its broadest sense, is the most important element in a child's life. Our educational system is the milieu in which our children swim until they find the shores of adulthood.
Before reading this editorial, challenge yourself to list the criteria of a transgender person. A transgender person isn't necessarily a transvestite, for transvestites don't necessarily feel they were born as the wrong sex, but do choose to dress as such.
When political candidates stop in Michigan as much as Sen. John Kerry and President Bush have, it's irresponsible not to go out and see them - both of them. Regardless of which political party you swear allegiance to, it's imperative to see the whole picture going into any election.
About 89 million American adults - somewhere between 46 and 51 percent - are essentially illiterate, according to a survey conducted by the National Institute for Literacy.
Recently the Cyprus IndyMedia Collective published a statement regarding the collaboration between the CIA and the Cyprus police to "investigate and intimidate Cyprus IndyMedia and (independent journalist) Petros Evdokas." His crime?
The Great Lakes Folk Festival can't be labeled anything other than good. It brings world folk culture to Mid-Michigan.
As Google prepares to go public with an initial stock offering of 25 million shares, some long-held concerns about the company's immense power and questionable policies still float in the air.
After American swimmer Mark Spitz broke seven world records en route to his record seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, he was flown home to America for being Jewish in Germany.