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Blunderfulnew
Democrats' chances of retaining a key Ohio congressional seat depend on what happens in a three-way primary battle.
The Athens NEWS |
Jim Phillips |
03-03-2006 |
Politics
Tags: Congress, Strickland
Hackett Jobnew
The Democratic Party has taken some hits for pressuring popular U.S. Senate candidate Paul Hackett to quit the Buckeye primary race in favor of party-insider Sherrod Brown -- but Hackett is just the latest victim of Democrats' disgusting desire to win.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
03-01-2006 |
Commentary
Ohio's Mainstream Papers Lost Their Spine in Opposing Election Reformnew
An editor copes with alternating feelings of disappointment and faith in the citizens of Ohio, while trying to avoid a total meltdown in disgust at the state's mainstream media.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
11-14-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Ohioans, Don't Get Fooled Again; Support Issues 2-5new
Ohio's Republican establishment is pulling out all the stops to defeat five election-reform issues on the ballot in November and preserve its domination of state government.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
10-01-2005 |
Commentary
Running on Greasenew
An Ohio man is busy re-tooling diesel engines to run on a fuel you can typically get for nothing -- used cooking grease.
The Athens NEWS |
Jim Phillips |
09-02-2005 |
Environment
WiseUp! A weekly column of anecdotes and observationsnew
WiseUp! example:
A man once asked Robert Burns to lend him his black coat so he could attend a funeral the following day. Mr. Burns replied that he would be attending that funeral, so he could not lend him his black coat. But he suggested, "I can recommend the most excellent substitute. Throw your character over your shoulders. That will be the blackest coat you ever wore in your lifetime."
The Athens NEWS |
David Bruce |
03-08-2005 |
Commentary
Proposed Bill Regulating Academic Speech Is Misguidednew
As they have in other states, conservatives in Ohio are pushing an "academic bill of rights" that would regulate professors' speech in the classroom. Here's some leftfield reasons why this loopy bill should be flushed.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
02-21-2005 |
Commentary
Author Explains How Conservatives Got So Terribly Oppressednew
According to author and historian Thomas Frank, who spoke at Ohio University Jan. 13, over the last 20 years or so a faction of conservatives, aided by the media, has managed to strip economics out of politics, and replace it with cartoonish "cultural" issues.
The Athens NEWS |
Jim Phillips |
01-18-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Next Time We Have a Moral Values Debate, Can We Include Everything?new
In the recently concluded depressing fiasco otherwise known as the presidential election, a large number of voters listed "moral values" as their main concern in deciding whom to vote for. For some reason, only Christian conservatives (and Karl Rove) get to define what's included in the category "moral values."
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
11-18-2004 |
Commentary
Back from Venezuela with Tales of the 'Bolivarian Revolution'new
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is portrayed in the U.S. media as a populist and potential communist dictator, buying off the masses with handouts. An Athens County man who spent four months last summer working for Chavez, however, tells a different story.
The Athens NEWS |
Jim Phillips |
11-15-2004 |
International
How the 'Hookup' Has Changed the Way College Students Connectnew
"Hooking up" -- a term covering a wide range of sexual behavior -- is a common practice on college campuses nationwide. Ohio University is no different; the practice here is widespread among students.
The Athens NEWS |
Carrie Kirschner |
11-15-2004 |
Sex
What Happened in Ohio?
The optimistic argument that a big voter turnout would benefit John Kerry was seductive, but George W. Bush's victory in Ohio isn't all that surprising. Anyone who thinks Ohio is a moderate state that suddenly turned conservative red on Nov. 2 hasn’t been paying attention.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
11-05-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election, postmortem
Vote for Kerry and Replace Bush's Corporate-Driven, Inept Leadershipnew
John Kerry offers a superior alternative to President Bush's weird combination of extreme social conservatism and disregard for the perils of deficit spending. Bush has replaced America's traditional leadership in the world with a unilateral approach that has led to repeated mistakes in waging the war on terror.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
10-28-2004 |
Commentary
The American Press Saw No Evil, Heard No Evil, Reported No Evilnew
As American legislators and pundits gather to heap criticism on the Bush administration over the Abu Ghraib prison abuse in Iraq, the American press has silently slithered away from taking any responsibility for its inability to report on the behavior of U.S. soldiers until the story was dumped on its lap.
The Athens NEWS |
Abhinav Aima |
08-07-2004 |
Media
Let's Avoid Indiscriminate Retaliation for Attack on U.S.new
Let's not commit the same monstrous crime that the terrorists committed, in negating human life, in pursuit of a lifeless ideal.
The Athens NEWS |
Terry Smith |
08-07-2004 |
Commentary
