Death can take even the strongest away from us. Roman poet Publilius Syrus once wrote that it is in death that we are all equal.
John Bice summed it up nicely once again ("Bush's godspeak dangerous to country" SN 8/3). I have admit, it sends tingles down the old spinal column to think of the religious wars we are fighting these days.
I commend Amber Morris for almost going beyond her initial beliefs through the use of science ("Same-sex parenting, lack of scientific support dangerous to children" SN 7/27). But in the end, her biases still prevailed.
My sincere congratulations to Dr. David Wright, the outgoing University Intellectual Integrity Officer, for telling it like it is.
Six Saturdays a year, we treat our five senses to the unadulterated magic of college football. In East Lansing, college football Saturdays smell like someone is using sunscreen to extinguish a charcoal fire.
When the MSU Board of Trustees closes itself away in a secret meeting at a yacht club in Petoskey and bars access to the press, it doesn't look good. It doesn't even matter what's on the table for discussion - either trivial or of vast importance - it looks underhanded and makes people distrust their elected public servants.
Ramble on … • The world's a pretty tense place right now. The terror alert has gone from Roy to G to Biv without much insight into why, how or what the hell each code level really indicates as it fluctuates here and there for no publicly known reason.
Four years ago, then-presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush made MSU a priority stop on their respective campaign trails.
George Bush has asked Congress to create a brand new position of National Intelligence Director that would be the main advisor on countering terrorism. This new intelligence czar would try and coordinate all of the U.S.
August. Finally. The hottest month of the year is also the hottest month of the presidential campaign.
With the Democratic National Convention having just passed, and the Republican version coming up, all eyes are fixed on the country's two political powerhouses and their over-the-top, self-patting-on-the-back get-togethers.
As long as there are open polls, there will be flimsy excuses for not visiting them. The lines are too long.
Scientists at MSU say they have discovered a new atom at the Cyclotron on campus, thusly proving for once and for all that the Cyclotron is not an amusement ride for students and run by a carny.
In past columns, I have written about President Bush and his rather bizarre relationship with God. Reports of Bush claiming to receive his instructions directly from the Almighty are distressingly easy to find.
A running contention of our bipartisan system of politics has long been the exclusion of those who lean neither right nor left.
Instead of having the nation circling themselves wondering where, when and how another terrorist attack might arrive, Homeland Security officials said Sunday financial and international organizations in New York, New Jersey and Washington D.C.
Once again, opponents of Michigan's mandatory helmet law are attempting to establish legislation that would greatly reduce its effectiveness.
Detroit is a modern day story of a city with an unspoken duality in stark contrast. The Pistons (who play in Auburn Hills) are champions of the world, but the city of Detroit is only champion of decay and confusion. In a recent article published in Playboy, Frank Owen provides a graphic perspective into the unseen Detroit.
I am concerned that Amber Morris has found yet another forum for her self-righteous views ("Same-sex parenting, lack of scientific support dangerous to children" SN 7/27). What is her beef with gays and lesbians?
Amber Morris, let's get married. And then maybe, um, we could have children? What do you say?