Category: Main Editorials
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The Forgotten Allies of World War 1
“The war to end all wars” President Woodrow Wilson Last week marked the 105th anniversary of the signing of the November 11 armistice that famously put an end to the First World War. Despite its European origins, the war would have significant global consequences, forever changing the course of modern…
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Speaker Chaos
“Bring it on“ Kevin McCarthy. The beginning of every month is always a time of reflection: the environment around us is changing as fall begins to slip away into winter, the passage of time reminds us of our own mortality and lives, events around the world that demonstrate how fragile…
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Hollywood Strikes
From May 2 and July 14, the Writer’s Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild have been on strike, battling the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers)for a whole host of demands. Incidentally, the last time the two guilds worked together was when Ronald Reagan was president ……
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Memorial Day
Today, May 29th, a Monday, the day of the week we all scoff at on Sunday, coming off the high of the weekend, remembering the load of work awaiting us at the office or school and dreading it; but today, that isn’t the case. This Monday is a holiday, and…
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One Step Foward
Yesterday, a rare showing of political courage manifested in Texas as its house chamber voted overwhelmingly to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton, an almost perfect representation of the stereotype of the “corrupt politician,” is alleged to have committed multiple violations, including charges of bribery, abuse of office, and…
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The Brooklyn Bridge
America, the land of the free and brave, is in no short supply of beauties that bless this land by the providence of the creator, both of nature and human imprint, from the towering peaks of the San Ynez mountains and the forests of Acadia to the astonishing scenery of…
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Debt Disaster
Washington DC, the home of the American government that draws millions from home and abroad; history crackles and awakens at every corner, every brick brushed against by millions that have come and gone, imbued with the touch and hopes of millions. That feeling that permeates in every human sense does…
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Trump Syndrome
June 16, 2015, a day that will forever be remembered, when the fate of the country and the Republican Party would change. The image of Donald Trump making his down the escalator is the stuff of legend burned in the American psyche, shot into the political stratosphere like an exploding…
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The Earthquake
Rescuers walk across the fields of rubble, the apocalypse has come, and nothing has remained, collapsed for as far as the eyes can see. Death and destruction poisoned the air; the injured are carried away to safety, and for the unlucky, the light that didn’t pierce the dark veil that…
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Monday
Today is Monday, the first day of the week for many, where parents, and especially students, groggily fight their want to sleep in, the rush to get ready as parents yell out to kids to hurry up or be late. The drive to school, the morning breakfast, and the numerous…