I know the Republican National Convention was last week and now it’s the Democrats’ time to shine, but there’s something that’s been bothering me about last week. In a primetime speech, rising Republican star Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) said, “(The Democrats) believe in teacher’s unions. We believe in teachers.” It’s hard to take Christie seriously. Read More
It is a humbling and inspirational experience to sit all alone in a silent classroom. I often seek out one of my classrooms at Murray State after the end of a term or before the beginning of a semester. I have tried to recapture that wonderful, but frightening smell—some combination of freshly-painted walls and lockers, Read More
Abortion. The mere utterance of that word makes anyone uncomfortable. Or is it the beginning of a crude joke? The idea of abortion to some is absolutely insane. To others, it is a right to choose despite the difficulty of the choice. When one says they are pro-choice, the stigma they are stuck with is Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News. It seems everywhere you look these days, the language of belt-tightening is in the air. “Austerity,” “slimming down,” “cutbacks,” – these are just a few of the ways that budget trimming are being presented in one way or another Read More
The Democratic National Convention opened yesterday not with a whimper, but with a bang. Charlotte, N.C. has never hosted the DNC before, nor has it hosted a national convention for the Republican Party. There were a lot of feathers ruffled when Charlotte was chosen over potential cities like St. Louis (especially among the Democrats’ strongest Read More
The first Monday in September is a big deal for American workers. On that first Monday of September every year we honor American workers and their organizations on Labor Day, which was first recognized as a federal holiday in September 1894. We are often told that there is dignity in all work, and I don’t Read More
The staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Murray State News. Chances are if you work on campus, you got an email in your inbox over the summer that informed you the on-campus job policy had changed. The initial policy announced was if a student had more than one Read More
Our rapidly increasing and accessible scientific knowledge is encroaching further upon religious claims about how our world works. The recent flap in the Kentucky legislature over evolution being too highly represented in the questions on the ACT is but one example of the inevitable clash between religion and science. State Sen. Ben Waide (R-Madisonville) indignantly Read More