2008 Woodie Awards
Voices Articles
How would Springfield vote?
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Where the Simpsons stand on the presidential elections: Homer: He has several prominent Republican enemies, including George H.W. Bush and Sean Hannity; on the other hand, he developed a complex flat tax proposal with divine inspiration. Homer would vote for television's Fred Thompson.
Our Readers Voice
Offended by illustration
I am offended and disappointed by the portrayal of Pope Benedict XVI in the article St. Patty's Switch; it is in bad character for a paper that advocates diversity to demonstrate the opposite by depicting my religious leader of choice as a maniacal, manipulative power monger.
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Mount Pleasant drinking water
It was a sorry day in November 2005 when a handful of voters listened to certain (misinformed) professionals who were appointed by our government to promote water fluoridation. Christopher Bryson, author of "The Fluoride Deception," did a ten-year study of this issue.
CM You
What do you think about a Michigan and Florida Democratic primary do-over?
Wasted experience
Unless A-Senate is planning on CMU not being around in 20 years, it should go back and try to figure out some guide for dealing with replacing future excesses of cancellations. Despite what many senators said during the meeting, this is precisely the sort of issue A-Senate should address.
Waterboarding
Presidential veto leaves open harsh interrogation techniques
Waterboarding, and an accompanying slew of unsavory interrogation techniques, could finally have been removed from the Central Intelligence Agency's arsenal. Yet President Bush vetoed the bill, reiterating increasingly trite anti-terrorist rhetoric. Terrorist attacks are bad.
