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COMMENTARY

FOIA policies must be updated

Technology has changed the landscape in and out of government. The backlog of FOIA requests is huge – The Seattle Times has a pending request with the Department of Energy dating to 1995.

COMMENTARY

Leaning to the right

You know it’s tough being a conservative these days when Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani’s own daughter is backing Barack Obama.

FOOTBALL

Ready for action

One of the ways head coach Mark Dantonio plans to establish a winning mentality is to “pull the weeds” from his football program

FOOTBALL

Coach makes switch

Dan Enos considers himself lucky. For the second straight year, Enos is coaching whom he considers to be the best player on the MSU football team.

COMMENTARY

Granholm has done her part in improving state

We take exception to comments by Matt Marsden, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, in “Legislature faces ridicule for latest tuition increase” (SN 8/1). In it, he states, “The Democrats continue to push for tax increases, but they refuse to accept any support for reforms in government.”

COMMENTARY

No-name schools

But schools named after leaders are a dying breed, according to the Manhattan Institute, a New York-based think tank.