Sunday, December 23, 2012
Join the national conversation in the top stories of the week.
This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- John Kerry, who currently chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been nominated for Secretary of State by President Barack Obama. You may not know this, but Kerry was instrumental in changing the way that Clarkston, Ga., dealt with its refugee population. Kerry was first elected to the Senate in 1984, and re-elected in 1990, 1996 and 2002, according to Biography.com. He ran for president in 2004 against George W. Bush, and lost. Other notable accomplishments: ---------- The NRA has called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around American schools in a recent press conference. The…
Monday, November 19, 2012
Join the national conversation in this week's Hot Topics column.
This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- As Israel and Gaza traded rockets, the world watched as it unfolded over Twitter. With tweets like "We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead" and "The #Hamas' Fajr-5 missile can reach 3.5 million Israelis. Imagine the entire population of #LA under threat" from the Israeli Defense Force, it seemed likely earlier this week that the fight would escalate. It did. On Friday, Hamas fired a rocket near Jerusalem, the first time they have ever aimed for the city. It's possible that this could become full on war, as Israel …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Join the national conversation in our Hot Topics column.
This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! --------- I'm sure you've heard by now that David Petraeus, Director of the CIA, resigned over an extramarital affair. Reports have surfaced that the affair was discovered by investigating his emails. Questions arise, but I'm sure we'll find out more about who, what, when and where. The Chicago Tribune reports that the woman was a journalist and his biographer. While the public has questioned why he would resign over an affair - when even presidents have had affairs and remained in office - the FBI expected him to resign "rather than risk the possibility that he could be blackmailed to give intelligence …
