Folks, if you love the union and preservation of this country, listen up. The following words inked in this column will be remembered as my own Abe Lincoln moment in my attempts to preserve the Union.Hear...
For as long as I can remember, breaking news has been constant. CNN, MSNBC and Fox News never stop airing, and whether actual news is breaking at 1:30 a.m. or not, major cable news networks will tell you...
Legendary musician and front man Chris Cornell died early Thursday morning in what is being investigated as a possible suicide.At just 52 years old, his death shocked the world of music and while it hasn’t...
There has been a push to redefine and reinvent how we talk about racism, sexism and inequality in society; it is very unproductive and is making it harder for an honest, open discussion about these topics.I...
For modern-day Kent State students, the primary purpose of May 4 is to ensure that the senseless deaths of Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer at the hands of the Ohio...
As I write my last column for The Kent Stater as president of the Kent State College Democrats, I consider myself cautiously optimistic about the future of the Democratic Party.As Brian DiPaolo noted in...
Editor's note: The following piece contains satire. Some events mentioned in the piece are fictitious.A recent journal was located detailing one Union soldier’s pondering if we had listened to former...
Kent State is not just Kent State.Kent State is a metaphor.It represents everything.It represents the war machine crushing the peace movement. It represents idealism and youth rising up against cynicism...
May 4 marks another anniversary of the deadly day when Ohio National Guardsmen killed four Kent State students during what started out as a protest against the Vietnam War. This short column is designed...
Ah, Hillary Clinton — it seems like such a long time since I last wrote about you.Remember how close we used to be? Why, you showed up as a focal point in my columns on many occasions back when you were...
This is the last column I will be writing for the year. Therefore, I want to address an important topic about the current political climate: There is little question that Americans are more polarized now...
I must preface this article which a clear statement: I am in disbelief I need to even elaborate on this topic.June 3 is the Confederate Memorial Day to supposedly honor the Confederacy.I understand we...
