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Good Night and Good Luck, Without the Pretension
April 30, 2008 - 12:00am(Well maybe a little bit of pretension).
My Moniker:
I have been called many things at Cornell — including slick Willy and karate chop awesome to name a few — but the alias most often used to categorize me since joining the Cornell American in 2004 and the Daily Sun in 2006 has been “right wing nut job.” I just wanted to let the Daily Sun readers know, all 8 of you, that, to quote Ann Coulter ’84, I am perfectly sane … the rest of you are crazy.
The Left's Bitter Bigotry
April 16, 2008 - 12:00amWhen Mike Huckabee came to Cornell last night, he joked that “Q&A stands for questions and avoidance” on the campaign trail. Barack Obama forgot this golden rule when speaking to a group of wealthy San Francisco benefactors last week. The Democratic favorite fielded a question regarding the difficulty his campaign has been having wooing blue collar voters in Pennsylvania. Senator Obama said that working class Americans “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them” because they are “bitter” about their economic lot in life.
April's Fools
April 2, 2008 - 12:00amRonald Reagan once said that “Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.” For Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, though, every day feels increasingly like April 1st.
The Democratic nomination has descended into a sideshow; a spectacle Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey could not afford. And the best part about it? America is getting a front row seat for the show. This two ring circus, however, could very well leave the Democratic Party in shambles.
Going Green
March 12, 2008 - 12:00amTo those of you interested in hearing about my views on environmentalism, I apologize: this article is not about sustainability or carbon-neutrality. In fact, it is completely apolitical — which is surprising considering all the possible jokes I could make about the catfight in the Democratic Primaries, the similarities between Bill Clinton and Eliot Spitzer and even the Ku Klux Klan’s recent vocal support for Planned Parenthood.
Just Words? Yes, They Are
February 27, 2008 - 1:00amThere is no clearer sign of desperation in Hillary Clinton’s camp than last week’s plagiarism “scandal.” The accusations stem from a speech that Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama delivered to a Wisconsin audience on Feb. 16. Obama borrowed language from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s 2006 campaign in order to respond to Senator Clinton’s assertions that his candidacy revolves around rhetoric, rather than results.
Patrick responded to similar accusations during his 2006 gubernational run:
Berkeley Ousts Marines
February 13, 2008 - 1:00amThis is an extended version of the article that appeared in the print version of The Sun on Feb. 13
Solving the Republican State of Disunion
January 30, 2008 - 1:00amPresident Bush delivered his final State of the Union Address on Monday. In the address, the president said that making his tax cuts permanent could help to end “a period of [economic] uncertainty.” He also reiterated the administration’s wartime policy of victory before withdrawal, citing the recent success of General Petraeus’ troop surge. Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius delivered a rather uninspired Democratic rebuttal, compared to Jim Webb’s 2007 response. Governor Sebelius’ speech outlined standard liberal policies with rather unexceptional rhetoric. Note to future rebuttal speakers: “Mr. President will you join us? Let’s get to work” is not as inspiring as one might think.
Sister and Saint
November 28, 2007 - 1:00amThe following is an updated version of a collumn that I published last year. It is a tribute to my little sister Mary Elizabeth, who would have turned nine next Wednesday.
Hail Mary …
I am the oldest of nine kids: three boys and six girls. If you were to look at any McMorris family photo album, however, you would notice that there are only eight children standing beside my mother and father.
Full of grace …
You will not find my little sister Mary Elizabeth sitting on my father’s knee or learning to take her first steps. There is only one photograph of my baby sister; it shows a beautiful eight pound baby girl in a peaceful sleep. That picture was taken on the 5th of December 1998 when my family was blessed with our sixth child.
The Lord is with thee …
Conscientious Objector Day?
November 14, 2007 - 1:00amThere was a federal holiday — arguably the most important one — just three days ago. Some Cornell students only recognized this because Nov. 12 was no ordinary Monday. Simma Reingold ’08 summed it up pretty well: “Of course I knew it was a holiday — we didn’t get any mail.” But sadly, many Cornell students were unaware that Veterans Day occurred this past weekend.
For God and Country No More
October 31, 2007 - 12:00amReporting from Bataan in 1942, Army Lieutenant Colonel William Casey told NBC Radio that “there are no atheists in foxholes.” The opposite is now true when soldiers return home. The Department of Veterans Affairs adopted this policy last month when it banned the recitation of “The Meaning of Each Fold of an Honor Guard Funeral Flag” from military burials.
The recitation opens with “The first fold of our Flag is a symbol of life. The second fold is a symbol of our belief in eternal life,” and continues until the flag has been completely folded (13 times in total, one for each of the original colonies).