Poor ballot options embody problems of district, nation
October 28, 2010
It is election time in the United States. The single day of the year when the masses take 30 minutes to “vote the bums out.”
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Former US Attorney General to visit Tech
October 27, 2010
Former U.S. Attorney General, defense attorney and Marine Ramsey Clark will be speaking at Virginia Tech’s Holtzman Alumni Center tonight at 7 p.m
Important Virginia congressional races display similar dynamics
October 27, 2010
It’s all we can do to ask busy college kids to care enough about politics to participate in the (very important) congressional election going on here in the 9th District this November.
Combating the Chinese economic assertiveness
October 27, 2010
It seems today that a lot of news stories play on our fear. Our news covers everything from Al-Qaeda to diet pills, but lost in these stories is probably the greatest threat to American sovereignty — China.
Students encouraged to vote in 9th district
October 21, 2010
On Tuesday, Nov. 2, those who are registered to vote in Blacksburg will have the opportunity to vote for a member of the House of Representatives for the 9th District.
October 18, 2010
I was shocked to read columnist Matthew Hurt’s September 30 column about the Ninth Congressional District race.
Tea Party movement should be studied carefully before election
October 14, 2010
With Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware’s Republican primary a couple of weeks ago, discussion on the Tea Party has resurfaced.
Wars take huge toll on 9th District
October 14, 2010
Free tuition at Virginia Tech? Free health care for low-income families? Drastically reduced taxes for all? Safer vacations abroad? These are but a few ways in which citizens of the 9th District could benefit from the absence of the wars in Iraq and Afgha
Conservative trend spans Atlantic, takes hold in US
October 13, 2010
Across the Atlantic, many European nations are experiencing a shift in their political systems toward more center-right, conservative parties.
We need change from promised agenda of changed
October 11, 2010
Interim elections are right around the corner, and we need change from Barack Obama’s “change.”