Op-ed

Clinton administration, saying, “It was Bill Clinton who was worried about Iraq. Long before George Bush bombed Iraq…” Miller continuously denies any allegation that she worked with the Bush administration to push the U.S. towards war. In a satirical op-ed she wrote for the Wall Street Journal she begins the story, “I took America to war in Iraq. It was all me,” in hopes that the American people would find it humorous and unreasonable. Though, the response was just the opposite. The…

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” In Mat Weiser’s op-ed article “Water Controversies Boil Over,” Weiser explains how and why water is becoming a source of crises and conflict in many parts of the world. He states that although there is enough water for us all, poor management of the supply and the varying beliefs of who the water belongs to is causing the problems. The author suggests that the only way to solve the…

employment of the guidelines in its processes remaints to be seen, as HRW itself does not make mention of use of the methodology (Human Rights Watch, n.d.-b). Even the founder and Founding Chairman Emeritus Robert Berstein has gone on record to pen an op-ed article (2009) to echo HRW’s critics when the NGO put out reports that were anti-Israeli in tone. HRW and its current executive director Ken Roth have been accused of being “unable to separate political advocacy from human rights research”…

Crichton of the New York Times, and John E. Calfee of American magazine delineate their opposing views of gene patenting in two separate essays. Crichton believes in the abolishment of gene patents, using ethics as the backbone of his argument in his op-ed piece “Patenting Life.” On the other…

was a normal thing that would happen when a child was disobedient. It turns out that there are parents who oppose using corporal punishment (spanking) on children as they find that it is wrong. Leonard Pitts, Jr. talks about this controversy in his op-ed piece “Spare the Rod, Spoil the Parenting”. In “Spare the Rod, Spoil the Parenting” Leonard Pitts, Jr. explains the controversy of how parents believe children should be disciplined.…

Neil Barofsky, the soon-to-be-former Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program – the government’s $700 billion fund to bailout the banks – was never well liked at the Treasury Department, even though that is technically where he worked. Timothy Geithner reportedly repeatedly tried to have him fired, or at least have Barofsky’s role downsized. Now it appears the feelings were mutual. Barofsky was confirmed by the Senate back in December 2008 to be one of two watchdogs who…

The second amendment gives us the right to own guns and those rights should not be infringed upon. There are many ways to stop the mass shootings from happening, but having a no gun zone is not one of them. We should look at what the people want protection from a sign or protection from a gun. Mass shootings are happening a lot these days and most of them happen in a no gun zone. People with their CCW have stopped mass shootings, how many gun signs have stopped mass shootings? Stores have the…

while others see it as a valuable way to experience conversation, which is what we see in the readings from class. While it's complicated by danah boyd focuses on the positives of the connection we experience in today's world due to social media, the op-ed piece, "The Flight From Conversation," by Sherry Turkle seeks to bring awareness to how technology has hindered our connections outside of the digital world. In boyd's novel, she examines the use of social media and how teens use it to…

Anyway, the background search on Mr. Carter would reveal that Cutler regularly contributes his opinions in the White Supremacist Journal “The Social Contract.” He has also written disparaging published opinions about undocumented workers. Such as an op-ed piece for The Washington Times, in which he suggested that a significant portion of the undocumented population “have dangerous communicable diseases”…

consequential yet grossly underreported counterpart, the nocebo. Brian Resnick, a journalist for the primarily pop-culture / politically-oriented Vox, attempts to shine a light on the placebo's problematic foil. Resnick devotes a large portion of his op-ed to acclimating Vox's audience with the…