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Letter to the Editor: September 20, 2012

To the Editor: I am writing in response to Rendering Swarthmore Politics. Danielle Charette made sweeping claims with no substantiation. I cannot speak to Ms. Charette’s personal experiences on campus as a politically conservative student but I can say that I have

September 19, 2012

Opinion

Fed Actions More Politics Than Policy: So-called ‘Quantitative Easing’ Will Do More Harm Than Good

To do the same thing over and over again and expect different results is the definition of insanity. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb by trying the same design 2,000 times. Nor should the Federal Reserve expect the outcome of their

September 19, 2012

Opinion

Beyond a Movie Trailer: Benghazi and America’s Middle East Problem

The first American ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979, United States embassies in Yemen, Egypt, and Tunisia ransacked, and massive protests against the United States springing up across the Middle East. And, the Obama administration would like us to

September 19, 2012

Opinion

On “The Innocence of Muslims”: Free Speech Covers the Unpalatable

The violence that occurred in Libya and Egypt last week over a YouTube video, “The Innocence of Muslims,” has been rightfully condemned, but too often it has also been rationalized, justified, and given credence. The inciting video is seen as hateful enough,

September 19, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Poets You Should Know About: Frederick Seidel, the Villain

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Why, someone

September 19, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Looking East: Remembering the Sacking of Yuanmingyuan

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. This article

September 18, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Politics Explained: The Strategic Deceit of the Democrats

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Oftentimes, liberal

September 17, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Bound and Shagged: Unconventional Locations

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Last week

September 13, 2012

Opinion

Harnessing the Ocean’s Energy to Power Our Future

Many think finding a way to generate energy sustainably will be the biggest challenge for our generation. We know it’s a possibility to use sustainable energy to meet all our energy needs, but many of the long-term strategies seem stranger than fiction

September 13, 2012

Opinion

Give the Campus a Voice

The question of whether the sorority initiative needs to go to a campus-wide referendum highlights our need as a college for an independent, systematic, and statistically sound polling organization. The opinion of the student body at large should have been at the

September 13, 2012

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