Commentary - The Temple News

Secure Mexican border causes deaths

28 January 2005

Walking along the Mexican side of the U.S. border, it is hard to ignore the thousands of wooden crosses placed there to memorialize those who have died trying to leave the country. In October of

Hypocrisy in international policies has historic roots

07 December 2004

President Bush and a long line of administrators before him have developed a dangerous history of a contradicting duality in U.S. foreign policy. U.S. presidents reuse the same rhetoric extolling the glories of democracy, claiming

Cosby comments incite controversy

30 November 2004 The Temple News

Bill Cosby and controversy have never been related terms – until recently, when Temple’s most famous graduate began to make known his opinions of African Americans in the United States. Recently, Cosby has come under

Multi-party elections would further divide

30 November 2004

Ever heard of Michael Badnarik? If you have, you are part of a minority of voters who knew who the Libertarian candidate for president was on Election Day. Due to the huge monopoly over the

Bioengineering is the present, not the future

16 November 2004

You are eating food that is genetically modified. If you missed that debate, you might benefit from knowing that the practice actually helps. Increasingly, and unbeknownst to many, genetically modified organisms (GMO) are being used

Free speech protects lies

29 October 2004

An election without lies is not an election at all; such is common opinion among Americans. Little has been made of the idea, but why not force politicians to be responsible for their honesty legally?

Mandatory FDA approval limits individual choice

15 October 2004

The Food and Drug Administration offers a comforting promise of protection, one assuring safety in so many of the products that we eat, use and wear, but its mandated monopoly on merchandise-legality can be responsible

NY may be happening, but Philly’s got atty-tude

31 October 2002 The Temple News

Even though I have lived in Philadelphia for more than a year, I still go back home to New York City at least two weekends every month. Thanks to the folks at New Century Travel