Opinion Articles
Bateman: A skybridge to nowhere
Alaska's proposed $398 million bridge linking Ketchikan and Gravina Island was infamously labeled as the "bridge to nowhere." Today, it is invoked to demonstrate the controversial problems of Congressional pork-barrel spending and earmarks.
Alaska isn't alone in bridge controversy.…
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Sewell: Be of service this spring
Spring has sprung, the flowers will soon emerge from their subterranean winter refuge and flip-flops, shorts and skirts will soon work their way back into regular sartorial rotation.
Sure, there's some lingering sadness accompanying the close of ski season, but we now have months and months of warm, hot and hotter weather on the way, filled with hiking, biking, camping, fishing, boating and whatever else it is we do here in Zion to fill the leisure days following final exams and projects.…
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Letter: Whitaker's arguments childish
Editor: Michael Whitaker's letter to the editor ("Vegetarians can't expect us to accommodate," April 15) was the equivalent of "I know you are, but what am I" in the omnivore vs. herbivore debate: nonsensical and contributing nothing original. The "poor fruits and vegetables" argument is certainly meant as a joke by most who use it -- still, it backfires when one learns that producing 1 pound of meat requires the death of 16 pounds of plants.…
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Letter: Don't kick him while he's down
Editor: I was rather disappointed by the front page of today's Chrony (April 15), specifically the story "Students relieved by professor's dismissal." I am a student of Richard Sherman's political analysis class and was part of the group of students that asked the political science department to, please, make our professor come to class.…
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