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Our View: Democracy dwindles in the U.S.

Democracy is at the root of the United States’ government and culture, but its presence seems to be waning. COVID-19, election season and the impending threat of war are all major events that definitely contradict the idea of the U.S. being a nation full of democracy and dreams. One common threat in our country is Read More

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Are we great yet?

Written by Dylan Doyle, contributing writer December is upon us yet again, and as the holiday season begins and the end of the year looms ever closer, our culture finds itself in desperate need of reflection. Like you, I am haunted by unwanted remembrances of November of yesteryear, when an unfortunate number of Americans chose Read More

Confronting our past

Column by John Muenzberg, Lecturer of philosophy This semester I have been teaching Murray State students in Regensburg, Germany. As part of the program, we visited the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial. Dachau was used to imprison political, social and ethic enemies of the Nazi government. Like many such camps, the prisoners were slaves, forced to work to Read More

Obama taps emotion, debates policy

President Barack Obama spoke to Congress in the first State of the Union address of his second presidential term Tuesday night. With Congress in a continuous deadlock, Obama focused his speech on the necessity to cross bipartisan lines. “The American people don’t expect government to solve every problem,” Obama said. “They don’t expect those of Read More

Spring Creek honors victims and heroes

On the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, Murray-Calloway County Hospital recognized heroes, veterans and victims at their flag dedication ceremony. The ceremony was held at Spring Creek Health Care, a nursing and rehabilitation center affiliated with MCCH. The decision was made to dedicate the flag after Spring Creek’s former flag was damaged beyond repair Read More

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