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The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

Support Maranatha for legal reasons

Published November 7, 2003

Both Worship and Prayer Fellowship and my organization, Campus Republicans, support Maranatha Christian Fellowship's lawsuit against the Board of Regents. Unfortunately, it is unlikely other groups will...

Students might learn about Dakota war

Published November 7, 2003

Despite all the predictable debate over the Minnesota Department of Education's proposed guidelines for K-12 social science education, they do include an event often unmentioned in Minnesota history classes...

Economic recovery is Bush’s big victory

Published November 6, 2003

The presidency of George W. Bush has been a time of uncertainty for both his political allies and foes. He has had a tumultuous time in office by inheriting a weak economy, was blindsided by the security...

Economy overshadows presidential issues

Published November 6, 2003

It's the economy, stupid." If this economy kick-starts into strong growth over the next year, then there is virtually no chance the U.S. electorate will replace President George W. Bush with a Democrat....

Gay intolerance more like Pontius Pilate than Jesus

Published November 6, 2003

October brought a chilling, homophobic wind into my peaceful, lesbian household. It began with an Oct. 10 guest column by Lindsay Brown, explaining that the Bible is very clear about condemning homosexuals...

We came, we saw, we rioted: Halloween weekend in Madison

Published November 5, 2003

When riots broke out at student demonstrations back in the 1960s and 1970s, the authorities would often pin the blame on "foreign elements" - apocryphal groups of communist infiltrators and Bolshevik thugs...

Medical decisions should be left to woman and doctor

Published November 5, 2003

On Oct. 21, the Senate passed the first abortion ban since Roe v. Wade legalized abortion 30 years ago. The House approved the ban three weeks before the Senate vote, and President George W. Bush has pledged...

Hatred: Who’s teaching whom? A look at U.S.-Pakistan affairs

Published November 5, 2003

Sitting in the relaxed atmosphere of a restaurant in South Dakota, I heard three people discussing current affairs. One suggested, "Maybe we should not trust Pakistan in the global war against terrorism." Just...

Like father, not like son; Bush should have listened to his daddy

Published November 4, 2003

Little George should have read Big George's book - or at least Big George's article - that offers wisdom on the current state of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. On March 2, 1998, when Iraq was then front-page...

Negotiated coexistence still the only option

Published November 4, 2003

Today marks eight years since the assassination of my father, former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Ten years have passed since two leaders - Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman...

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