Category: Commentary
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Severe storms rock Central Ohio
My thoughts and prayers are with my hometown of Columbus this evening. Over 100,000 people in Franklin county are left without electricity and tomorrow’s forecast calls for the continuation of sweltering heat, and the outages could last a few more days. I know some people in Columbus who are having their lives significantly affected by…
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Communism has exactly ONE advantage, and it is…
Communism has exactly ONE advantage, and it is Olympic opening ceremonies. I’ve been reading articles previewing the opening ceremony for next month’s London summer Olympics. I think to myself, “Is there any way they can just show us the tape of Beijing’s opening?” Did you SEE the Beijing opening ceremony in 2008? It. was. miraculous.
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Resignation of Jim Tressel: 1 year later
One year ago today, as I woke up in the late morning, I learned that Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel had resigned. A couple of months before, when the news that Tressel had lied about rules violations became public knowledge, in a press conference, a reporter asked if Tressel was going to be dismissed.…
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Moving and inspiring: final article from Yale graduate, days before dying in accident
Click here to read “The Opposite of Loneliness” by Marina Keegan This afternoon, while finding excuses not to read for class, I happened to come across an article which featured the picture of a lovely young woman. I found out that she was a recent Yale graduate who died last week, a mere five days…
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Bill Maher doesn’t know what he’s talking about: says Liberty isn’t a real university for teaching creationism
On last week’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Maher ended the show by launching a diatribe against Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Liberty University, the Christian liberal arts university, at which Romney delivered a commencement speech earlier this month. In Maher’s remarks (video above), the commentator repeatedly states that Liberty isn’t a…
Josh Benner 