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Society must work to heal wounds

Nine years ago, 19 hijackers took control of four planes and killed nearly 3,000 people. And now all that we hear, every year, is “never forget.” Let us be clear now: no one is likely to ever simply forget the 9/11 attacks. Sept. 11 changed our political discourse permanently. It changed our alliances. The chain [...]

Adderall aids studying, not academic steroids

Before your exam, get a good night’s sleep. Review your notes. Eat a good dinner. In fact, eat a good breakfast the next morning, too.  Have a cup of coffee if it won’t give you the jitters. If it will, maybe just settle for tea.  Oh, and don’t forget to pop an Adderall. Jordan Stover’s [...]

Student candidates not qualified for office

I wish I could pretend to be surprised to see students running for mayor in Athens. But no, that’s really about the level of self-centered arrogance I’d expect to see every now and then. The article printed Tuesday, Jan. 19 concentrated mostly on their chances of winning — the politics over the issues at hand. [...]

Changing the system for the good of all

Imagine this: a group of white Southern women forms in the early 1800s to protest for equal rights in holding slaves and owning plantations. Their economic argument is firm: when widowed, they are often left to penury, and lack the independence of their male brethren.

Media doesn’t report its own scandals

It turns out that many — most – of the military analysts for ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN and Fox (in short, every major television news outlet) are not the independent voices we have been led to believe. It’s not terribly surprising. The talking heads we’ve seen on TV analyzing the war, many of them retired generals, rather than objective judges of the situation, are mouthpieces for Pentagon spin.