Opinion

Taxing soda taxes morality, creates big gov.

Since earlier this year, Congress has been considering passing a an excise tax on soda, due in part to an article advocating the policy in the Sept. 17 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

By Noah Zarr | November 8, 2009

Editorial:The case of the missing Wildcat

As a newspaper, there are few things we support as strongly as free speech.

By Editorial Board | November 8, 2009

Ninety years of honoring our veterans

The purpose of Veterans Day is to celebrate with honor not only the members of our armed services who have died, but to focus upon the living American veterans amongst us who have served or are curren

By Jennifer Bollig | November 8, 2009

Daring to DREAM

We all have dreams. Illegal immigrants spell theirs in all capital letters, DREAM. It is not a word, rather an acronym for an important piece of legislation.

By Andrew Hedlund | November 8, 2009

The real immigration debate

Readers of The State Press this week have been introduced to various aspects of the immigration debate, from the DREAM Act to the economic cost of supporting immigrants to the effects of illegal immig

By Zachary Fowle | November 5, 2009

Cast away standardized tests

In high school, I had a friend who was an achiever. He was on student council and was involved with drama.

| November 5, 2009

20 years without the Wall

As the 20th anniversary of German reunification passed us Oct. 3, I, along with millions of Germans, celebrated what could be called the achievement of the last century.

By Max Feldhake | November 4, 2009

America's two big alternate universes

The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are, by most mainstream definitions, two of the best newspapers in the world.

By Matt Culbertson | November 4, 2009

Editorial: On the fence

Arizona has long been on the forefront of the immigration debate.

By Editorial Board | November 4, 2009

A letter to the future

Do you want to know my favorite thing about writing in the age of the Interwebz?

| November 4, 2009

Editorial: Picking our battles

One year ago today, the country held its breath as Americans cast their ballots and waited to see who would become the next president of the United States.

By Editorial Board | November 3, 2009

Daylight saving should stop tinkering with time

Time, being one of the more stable human inventions, should be above the petty tinkering of government. Yet this weekend, time changed, and we regained a lost hour. Or something.

By Will Munsil | November 3, 2009

New research revives genetic testing debate

They say you learn something new everyday.

By Kristen Kelley | November 2, 2009

Editorial: Tribune tribunal

If your life is threatened in an emergency, you want to have faith that local law enforcement will be able to get to the scene quickly.

By Editorial Board | November 2, 2009

A subpoena stripping our future of the truth

The Medill Innocence Project is one of a kind; it helps bring justice to inmates who have been wrongly convicted. This project freed 11 suspects, five of which were on death row.

By Andrew Hedlund | November 1, 2009

More than music to your ears

We have all experienced similar moments in which music has helped to temporarily induce us into a particular state, but how many of us have tracked its long-term effects?

By Ruth Wenger | November 1, 2009

Leading the self

A few months ago, I was talking to a friend about the nature of peer leadership.

By Alex Petrusek | November 1, 2009

Editorial: Numbers game

Halloween: A time for tricks, treats and revealing costumes.

By Editorial Board | November 1, 2009

Going green? What about going pagan?

Last weekend, most of us were probably at a party dressed up as our favorite celebrity or superhero, watching a scary movie or screaming with fright at a haunted house.

By Hannah Wasserman | November 1, 2009

Letters to the Editor

Supporting the Sun Devils

| November 1, 2009

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