Story by Abby Siegel, News Editor President Bob Davies sent an email to all students, faculty and staff on Monday urging them to vote Tuesday and respond civilly when the results were revealed. Davies wrote that voting in the presidential election is “the ultimate activity of democracy” and is a privilege that the American people Read More
The Jubilee solution will eliminate the student loan crisis. Following the Lehman banking debacle of 2008, the government-sponsored bailout of “Too Big to Fail” banks created an illusion of recovery because the bailout did not stimulate the economy. Seventy percent of the economy is consumer driven, thus consumer spending must increase. The U.S. economy is Read More
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway refused to defend the Commonwealth’s marriage law which put him in good company with fellow Louisvillian and former GOP Chairman Brad Cummings, who waved the white flag of surrender and called on the Kentucky GOP to abandon its defense of man/woman marriage. A teary-eyed Conway said if he appealed the Read More
I have been reading and listening to arguments about how the gassing of the Syrian people should be equated to American abortion. This argument seems to lead into whether we should attack Syria, leave Syria alone after killing approximately 1,400 of its own people or whether or not this should be the ideal time to Read More
The American political system has traditionally exemplified the fundamental principles of democracy. It is a system that Americans take pride in, and among other things enables them to promote their country as the leader of the free world. However, America’s political system is not perfect, as it does not prevent those we elect from abusing Read More
If you are an American, the place to begin a discussion about race is to clearly acknowledge how bad the American version of racism was and why. The short answer is slavery and the fact that it was based almost entirely on race. It took almost a century and a Civil War for the new Read More
The spirit of John Scopes recently descended upon our beloved Bluegrass in the form of debate between Creation Museum Founder Ken Ham and Bill Nye the Science Guy. Nothing like a good debate to rouse the troops comfortably entrenched in their intellectual foxholes . Verbal barbs between camps have been traded since the famous “Monkey Read More
Dear editor, Let’s take a second to reflect on the last few days about snow and sleet and think of the choices that were made by the University in response. This is not me calling for a revolution or getting up in arms about Murray State’s choices on how to handle inclement weather, this is Read More