A Canadian restaurant named its soup of the day American Tears last Friday. Team USA was bested once again by its Canadian neighbors at the Olympic Games in Sochi. If that’s not bad enough, they lost the bronze medal game to Finland too. But if USA Hockey sticks with its decision to delay the introduction...
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
The strain of Ukraine
Ukraine is caught between a rock and a hard place. In this case, the rock is Russia, and the hard place, Germany. According to her spokesman, German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that “Ukraine must quickly get a government capable of acting and its territorial integrity must be preserved.” Translation: Putin...
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Searching for Life and Light: T.S. Eliot
“We have loved the stars too deeply to be afraid of the night.” Richard Hundley set these striking lyrics to his 1959 composition, “The Astronomers,” and offers us a profoundly optimistic image for the seeker of light in what seem to be dark times. My series, “Life and Light,” aims to briefly but honestly explore...
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Opinions
Hillsdale and Politics
I discovered Hillsdale College through a Google search. The specificity of the search – “the top ten conservative schools in the United States” – fell to my love of superlatives, and it was directly followed by “what are the top ten liberal schools in the United States?” I was directed to the Young America’s Foundation...
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February 27, 2014July 12, 2022Sports
Kurtz to compete at nationals: Charger swimmer ranked 7th in 50-yard freestyle
Last year, junior swimmer Rachel Kurtz missed going to nationals by a mere one-hundredth of a second. This year, however, things are different. At the GLIAC championships a couple of weeks ago, Kurtz earned a B-cut in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle. On Feb. 26, those B-cuts became a ticket to nationals for Kurtz....