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Obama should steal Romney’s idea to limit deductions

By James Tatum · Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012

“Senator Clinton has a different approach,” said the slender Chicagoan to the Stepford Wife. “She believes that we have to force people who don’t have health insurance to buy it, otherwise there will be a lot of people who don’t get it,” he continued as he methodically slashed her ideas. “…And they may charge people who already don’t have healthcare fines or have to take it out of their paycheck, and that I don’t think is helping those without health insurance.”

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Pot’s no different from alcohol, legalize it

By Jodi F. Bullock · Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has denounced marijuana legalization initiatives that will appear on ballots this November in Colorado, Oregon and Washington on the grounds that marijuana is a dangerous drug. If the DEA wants to continue their war on marijuana because they consider it dangerous, it should also urge the prohibition of alcohol for the same reason.

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America is not ‘best’ country

By Patrick Seick · Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012

Harvey Milk, a politician from San Francisco and subject of the biopic “Milk,” once remarked, “Politics is theatre.” This sentiment is exemplified in the debates featuring President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. If one were to attempt to find a theme in these charades, it might be this: America is the greatest country in the world, no matter what anyone says.

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Criticism of political posts risky

By Casey Wooley · Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012

Scouring through posts on Facebook is a common trend in today’s world. Depending on the news of the day, oftentimes themes quickly emerge that dominate others.

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Dream Act a bad idea, gives scholarships to wrong people

By David Konarske · Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012

An Oct. 8 article by The Eastern Echo explained the work Student Body President Matthew Norfleet has done to further an Eastern Michigan University “Dream Act.” This policy would give EMU Foundation scholarships to the children of illegal immigrants because they have to pay out-of-state tuition.

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Foreign policy important factor in election

By Patrick Seick · Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012

The presidential race has been interesting to say the least, particularly in the last few weeks. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had an excellent debate performance in Denver, President Barack Obama benefited from the unemployment rate dropping to a notably low 7.8 percent and Sesame Street’s Big Bird may possibly sue for defamation.

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Debate energizes Romney campaign

By David Konarske · Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012

The president was the favorite against Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney leading into the first debate last week, but he came out looking like the challenger.

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High heels too painful

By Jodi F. Bullock · Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012

Look down at the shoes of women around Eastern Michigan University’s campus on a typical day of school and you’ll see that, for the most part, women in this area make sensible choices: sneakers, flats and the unfortunately ubiquitous Uggs.

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