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Guest column: If Hillary runs, polls say her gender won’t matter

Karlyn Bowman & Jennifer Marsico • March 6, 2014

WASHINGTON — Repeat after us: The 2016 election is more than two and a half years away. Hillary Clinton may be a candidate. If she is, Benghazi or Bill Clinton might or might not be issues. Who could...

Guest column: Democrats go a-courting as the Senate hangs in the balance

Doyle McManus • March 3, 2014

Nearly a generation ago, MSNBC's Chris Matthews coined a description of our two political parties that may turn out to be his most enduring contribution to American punditry. Republicans, Matthews wrote,...

Guest column: Restore voting rights to ex-felons

The Miami Herald • February 17, 2014

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Sunday, Feb. 16:Attorney General Eric Holder, who has become the Obama administration's leading voice on minorities' civil rights and criminal-justice...

Guest column: RedBlueAmerica: Is Obamacare undermining the American work ethic?

Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk • February 13, 2014

A new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the Affordable Care Act will reduce the effective size of the U.S. workforce by 2.5 million over the next 10 years.The White House responded...

Guest column: What if we had a ‘first man’ in the White House

Ann McFeatters • February 6, 2014

WASHINGTON – Let us ponder the issue of first spouses.Former first lady Laura Bush said the other day she is looking forward to the nation’s “first man” and the 24/7 attention he will get for his...

Guest column: A university isn’t a business, even in Kansas

John M. Crisp • February 3, 2014

Here's a question brought to prominence by Thomas Frank's 2004 book of the same name: What's the matter with Kansas?Frank considers the conservative political strategy in Kansas, his home state, which...

Guest Column: Remember May 4th, Support Ukraine

Olena Kagui • January 28, 2014

“Shame and tragedy in America; the photographs accuse; the crime in Kent remains unpunished…” Originally published by Izvestia, a Soviet newspaper, I saw this quote at the May 4th memorial at Kent...

Guest Column: Do sexual assaults on college campuses require a federal response?

RedBlueAmerica • January 23, 2014

President Barack Obama this week signed an executive memorandum setting up a special task force focused on sexual assault on U.S. college campuses. The president’s order followed the release of a new...

Guest column: high outlook for president-elect Warren

Monique Menefee • January 16, 2014

I’m so happy to see that Dr. Beverly J. Warren was the choice for president here at Kent State. During my brief conversations with her, I found her to be very knowledgeable about Kent State as a whole....

Guest Column: The 50-year war on smoking

Los Angeles Times • January 13, 2014

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, Jan. 10:The 1964 U.S. Surgeon General's report on smoking — the first official acknowledgment by the federal government that smoking...