Opinions

Is it really all that wrong for the USA to apologize?

By Casey Wooley · Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012

It seems that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney cannot get his act together. Prior to Romney’s latest blunder, where he cried out that he isn’t going to focus on the 47 percent of Americans who will probably not choose to vote for him, he levied a decent charge at the president during the crises happening in Libya and in Egypt last week.

Teachers’ strike successful despite unfair criticism

By Michael Dietlin · Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012

Last week, Chicago teachers went back to work. But does anyone know why they were striking? Hint: it wasn’t wages. When offered a 16 percent raise over the next four years, they declined.

Television threatens critical thinking skills

By Jodi F. Bullock · Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012

For quite a while now, I’ve feared that the general population is relinquishing their ability to think for themselves while handing the privilege over to media corporations and advertisers who use television to decide the viewers thoughts, desires and even how they should look.

Mexican standoff in SE Asia

By Robert Uldricks · Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012

It’s been a violent month and there’s more happening than you may realize. A maritime territorial dispute between three of the United States’ most important Asian partners was overshadowed by riots in the Middle East that were caused by an awful video insulting Islam. The Senkaku Islands, also known in China as the Diaoyu Islands and in Taiwan as the Tiaoyutai Islands, are at the center of this hubbub.

Populism taking over tax debate

By James Tatum · Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012

It was the Tea Party that derailed discussions over the U.S. debt ceiling in 2011, and it was Occupy Wall Street that disrupted a few trades on the New York Stock Exchange before it dissipated. By comparison, 2012 may be the acme of idiot populism.

Is school less important than sports?

By Chris Hoitash · Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012

Michigan is a state of dichotomies, if I may use a big word like a drunken literature major. We are a state of automotive industry and sprawling farmland, a state with a hardcore Democratic center and a sea of rural Republicanism.

Phones distract and annoy at films, concerts

By Sammy DeMarco · Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012

Have you ever tried enjoying a music show or movie in the theater only to find yourself distracted by the bright lights of people texting?

Fairness at the polls?

By Patrick Seick · Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012

Voting is important. We know this. We need only stroll through campus and see the “Rock the Vote” T-shirts and posters to know this is what Eastern Michigan University would have us believe.

Breastfeeding

By Jodi F. Bullock · Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012

The first day of class is usually a colossal bore, filled with little more than syllabus review and discussion of expensive required textbooks.

Proposal 2 to make folly of public

By David Konarske · Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012

According to the Detroit Free Press, there will be six ballot proposals this November, and five of them are proposed constitutional amendments.

Consider opposing viewpoint

By Silvana Taylor · Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

Another week, another depiction of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad that infuriated someone enough to cause a deadly protest. It’s difficult to tell which will happen first: Non-Muslims no longer referencing the prophet in films and cartoons, or small Islamic groups no longer perpetuating the stereotype that Muslims are violent and deadly.

Election process: Apathy grows, excitement fades

By Chris Hoitash · Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012

Finally, the Democratic and Republican national conventions are over. Mitt Romney, “Grand Duke of Stiff Collars,” has officially been nominated as the candidate of the Republican Party, with running mate Paul, “my ideas don’t even look good on paper,” Ryan.

Is it really all that wrong for the USA to apologize?

Teachers’ strike successful despite unfair criticism

Television threatens critical thinking skills

Mexican standoff in SE Asia

Populism taking over tax debate

Is school less important than sports?

Phones distract and annoy at films, concerts

Fairness at the polls?

Breastfeeding

Proposal 2 to make folly of public

Consider opposing viewpoint

Election process: Apathy grows, excitement fades

Romney plans to cut taxes, but is that the best solution?

Clinton delivers powerful speech

Obama’s ‘hope and change’ dead

Difficult to break unfair cycle

Zombie tag game: Just a game, or the key to human survival?

Ignorance leads to Republican insensitivity on rape

Are you better off than four years ago? Signs point to yes

Obama: Still cool enough?