Ron Paul, not so new voice of youth
The presidential elections may be more than a year away, but make no mistake; everyone’s eyes are already focused on who the next President of the United States will be. Some candidates are flashy, bursting onto the scene and causing…
America doesn’t need nannies
In a recent fundraising speech, President Obama stated, “The way I think about it is, this is a great country that had gotten a little soft.” However, he fails to mention what has done the softening: the progressive agenda that…
Letters to the Editor – 10/14/2011
Corporations are a good thing. Don’t believe me? Of course you don’t. They gave themselves massive bonuses, sometimes only weeks after they’ve been “bailed out” by the US government. If you’ve been following the “Occupy Wall Street” protests, you might…
My not-so-secret government internship
People come to college for many reasons. Of course, making friends with new and interesting people, taking all sorts of classes and discovering oneself are incredibly important. Perhaps the most important thing, however is finding out what one is interested…
Can’t pray away gays
This past Tuesday, one could see Oswego State students all across campus wearing neon green shirts proclaiming either their support for the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender community or a proud statement of their homosexuality. This was a forward-thinking display of those who have…
Guilty before proven innocent
Earlier this week, American citizen Amanda Knox was freed from an Italian prison after her 26-year sentence stemming from the murder of Meredith Kercher, one of Knox’s flatmates while the two were studying in Italy, was overturned. She had been…
Don’t call Obama Hitler
On Monday, country singer Hank Williams Jr. was a guest on Fox News’ morning show “Fox and Friends.” This is newsworthy is because Williams got in some trouble when he became the latest contestant in the let’s-compare-Obama-to-Hitler game. Monday was…
Wall Street hypocrisy
It started on Sept. 17th, 2011 with a group of protesters made up mostly of college students, anarchists and others. They called this uprising “Occupy Wall Street.” At the time it began there was no leadership and no stated goals….
Anonymous support of radical activism
Over the last week or so, I’ve been asked by numerous people if I knew about the situation on Wall Street, where internet activists from the organization Anonymous are currently organizing a mass protest known as Operation Occupy Wall Street….
Letter to the Editor – 10/7/2011
Hi! I’m the owner of the little used bookstore on Utica Street in Oswego. It was so nice to hear of someone not of my generation that grieves the same way I do over the loss of many physical books….
