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Continue to change, grow and learn Sean Buchanan This is it for me, my last act of participation at Kent State. There’s a lot I’ll miss. There’s also some relief, but no regrets. I’ve found a job, gotten engaged to the love of my life and acquired some massive student loans. I do hope though …

The Debates are Producing More Smoke Than Fire Susan DeBow I assume part of the purpose for the debates by the presidential and vice-presidential candidates is to give voters clarity as to the positions of the candidates. This is a worthy idea. Unfortunately for me, all it is doing is making me dread Nov. 2. …

Liar, liar: From fibs to whoppers, has lying become a way of life? Robin Summerfield He traveled a lot for business. Curious thing, though — his bags never had any airline tags. He told his wife of 30 years that he ripped them off at the airport and threw them away before coming home. “Nobody …

There’s a whole lot of lyin’ going on’ Mike Leonard Reggie Fowler, the man attempting to buy the Minnesota Vikings, had enough lies on his resume to make a con artist blush, but his bid to become an NFL owner remains on track. The prevailing attitude seems to be, so what if he put a …

It’s not a lie, it’s just ‘post-truth’ Jim Dey In his memoir, Locked in the Cabinet, Robert Reich, a former U.S. Secretary of Labor, cast himself as the hero in confrontations with members of Congress during public hears on Capitol Hill.  After a magazine reporter checked videotapes and transcripts of the hearings and found the …

Truth falls victim to modern society; If someone claims to never lie, don’t believe it, author says Khalid Moss Few TV viewers younger than 40 probably remember the quiz show To Tell the Truth, which premiered in 1956 and ran, off and on, until 1991. To Tell the Truth was a model of progressive simplicity. …