(Pixabay / Qiangxuer) Jonathan Hiatt Guest Writer Like many kids who grew up appreciating Dr. Seuss books for their wit, humor, playfulness and inventive use of the English language, I am concerned…
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Texas blackout crisis a wake-up call to act on energy insecurity
(AshrafChemban / Pixabay) ERIK SUCHY Opinion Writer On Feb. 20, a polar vortex plunged Texas into a state of complete chaos, resulting in power outages in millions of homes. While Texas Republican…
Trump survives impeachment to deliver keynote at CPAC
( Gerd Altmann / Pixabay) NATHAN HOYHTYA Opinion Editor By a Senate vote of 57-43, former President Trump survived his second impeachment on Feb. 13. Despite coming up short of the two-thirds…
College in a Pandemic
HaticeEROL / Pixabay) ERIANNA JILES Opinion Writer Before our state lockdown was ordered by Gov. Tim Waltz back in March 2020, I didn’t know what COVID-19 meant for my upcoming semesters. I…
President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 ceremony marks the turning point for unity our country needs
(Pixabay / Mark Thomas) ERIK SUCHY Opinion Writer On the eve of his inauguration, President Joe Biden held a ceremony honoring the 400,000 COVID-19 victim’s who died in the past year. Biden’s…
President Biden calls for end to ‘uncivil war’ at inauguration
(user1492992852 / Pixabay) NATHAN HOYHTYA Opinion Editor President Joe Biden firmly established unifying our country as a top priority as he spoke at his inaugural address as the 46th President of the…
Do we need nuclear energy to help defeat climate change?
(Pixabay / Robert Gasparro) NATHAN HOYHTYA Opinion Editor With the climate change threat escalating, environmentalists are increasingly forced to examine all their options to reach net-zero carbon emissions before 2050. America finds…
America’s history tells us that freedom of religion relies on the separation of church and state
(Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan) By Mandy Hathaway Freedom of religion is an important but polarizing issue. It is important because the freedom of religion is one of the founding principles of…
New COVID-19 vaccines get emergency use authorization
(Artem Podrez / Pexels) ERIK SUCHY Opinion Writer With COVID-19 infecting millions and claiming hundreds of thousands of innocent lives, desperation for a vaccine that will stop the surge in cases has never been…
Four reasons the moon’s modern space race matters
(WikiImages / Pixabay) NATHAN HOYHTYA Opinion Editor After nearly five decades since mankind set foot on the moon, space exploration is finally blasting off again with new energy. Water discovered across the…