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The American reality

DEPICTIONS of America as a fearless defender of democracy and freedom throughout the world pervade our daily political discourse and accounts of our nation's history.


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Individual rights, equal opportunities

It is hard to miss talk about the Individual Rights Coalition around Grounds these days. Despite the fact that the new group has already become the center of controversy, many students remain uniformed about what it is really advocating.


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Leaving the middle class behind

Not so many overstuffed minivans pull up to freshman dorms to begin the school year anymore. A gaze on McCormick Road this August revealed an increasing number of Jaguars, Land Rovers, and luxury cars dropping off their increasingly more affluent first-year Wahoos.


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Misconceptions of the state of Iraq

Despite the criticism and doom and gloom pictures painted by many naysayers about the condition of Iraq, the facts point to a completely different portrait of this country nearly five months after the topple of one the most evil regimes in history. Many among the fourth estate (the news media) have tried to portray Iraq as a failure and a complete and utter mess.


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Dialing with the intent to sell

THE PHONE rings at 8 a.m. on the day you have your latest class. Having gone to sleep just a few hours earlier after an intense night of studying, you groggily reach over to your phone.


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Biting the hand that feeds

REGARDLESS of how one feels about extending our country's military might abroad, most of us would agree that it is critically important and morally imperative to support the men and women serving in uniform.


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Dean: a Democrat demigod

DEAN CAN win. Republicans think the former governor of mighty Vermont is a joke; Democratic party leaders think he is a disaster waiting to happen.


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The rewards of the recall

ON SO MANY different levels, the California recall seems so strange, if not wrong. It goes against our expectations of parties and order in the electoral process; the characters involved are so unbelievable, even comical; the major parties are completely disjointed.

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