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The Murray State News

The Murray State News

The Murray State News

Belabored Day

Belabored Day

September 6, 2013

Monday, we took a momentary break from our hectic day- to-day lives of classes, jobs and whatnot to observe Labor Day, a holiday that, of course, supposedly...

The real Martin Luther King Jr.

The real Martin Luther King Jr.

August 30, 2013

Would Martin Luther King Jr. have been invited to the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington? I’m not so sure the man honored Wednesday...

Strike while the fryer is hot

Strike while the fryer is hot

August 23, 2013

By the time the next edition of The?News goes to print, history may yet have been made, as fast food workers walk out in a nationwide strike for higher...

Always on the clock

May 2, 2013

“Don’t be on your phone,” my manager said to me in a hurried fashion. “They’re watching us right now, and I don’t want to have to get yelled...

Work till you drop

April 25, 2013

When the smoke cleared May 1, 1886, 11 people had died in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. More than 100 were injured, and more than 100 were placed under...

Born in the U.S.A: Flipping Murray State the Bird

April 18, 2013

When I found out that Mitch McConnell would be giving Murray State’s commencement address, I nearly crashed. And I mean that literally, because I was...

Born in the U.S.A: And yet, she lives.

April 11, 2013

“The best way to honor Baroness Thatcher is to crush liberalism and sweep it into the dustbin of history,” said Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) in a...

Born in the U.S.A: Paid sick days a must

April 4, 2013

Eighty-six percent of Americans support it. Ninety-four percent of liberals and 81 percent of conservatives view it as a basic right. San Francisco, Portland,...

Born in the U.S.A: Reaganomics: A failing grade

March 28, 2013

“You’ve got to go to college if you want to make something of yourself,” goes the usual refrain. But is it true? If it is, why? And if it is, should...

Born in the U.S.A: Watchdogs, not lapdogs

March 13, 2013

As I sat in the front seat of my mother's car on the night of March 19, 2003, I listened intently to the words of President George W. Bush as he announced...

Born in the U.S.A: Big Brother in the workplace

March 7, 2013

One thing that always baffles me about my conservative friends is how inconsistently they apply their ‘live and let live,’ philosophy. Keep out of...

Born in the U.S.A: Talking Union

February 28, 2013

Recently I was asked a question concerning my “Right to work wrong for workers” column published in the Feb. 8 edition of The News. “What are union...

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