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With Newt Gingrich suspending his campaign last week and Rick Santorum’s presidential effort a distant memory, Mitt Romney is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Both parties have started acting …
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The Republican presidential primary is now stretching into its fourth month, and I am not ashamed to say that I have had about enough pandering and word-mincing to last me …
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Four years ago when Barack Obama was running for president, he promised to lead with a radically different philosophy than former President George W. Bush. Obama gave speeches in Europe …
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In October, the United States, Israel, and Canada all elected to pull funding from the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization – UNESCO – after the organization voted to …
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Last week when my home state of Michigan burst onto the national political scene for the first time since the last time a primary passed through, Mitt Romney looked like …
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In the last two weeks, social issues have suddenly jumped back into the national political scene. Issues like birth control, abortion, and even the motives of the Girl Scouts have …
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A woman’s right to birth control suddenly became a political question for the first time in recent memory this week, following a tussle over a requirement that religious-affiliated employers cover …
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With unemployment remaining high for recent college graduates and the burden of student loan debt increasing all the time, it is crucial that young people make their voices heard politically …
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The Republican primary, which looked like it was in danger of stabilizing last week, has dealt us a fresh surprise with Rick Santorum’s victories in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri on …
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Somehow (actually, I know how. It was that whole time marches on thing) I have reached the end of my semester in Paris. Final papers have been written, final exams …
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Over the past several weeks, I have slowly become aware of the fact that I am not awful at French anymore. This is not to say, of course, that I …
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I have always been one of those people who believes strongly in the sanctity of Thanksgiving. It isn’t a just a buffer holiday so people have a reason for a …
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