Righter talks decision to not seek re-election, Illinois’ political climate
Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief
June 25, 2019
After being a part of the Illinois General Assembly for 22 years now, State Sen. Dale Righter said it is time for someone else to represent the 55th district. Righter made the announcement that he will not seek re-election on May 31. Following the end of his term in January of 2021, Righter said he...
Does Biden’s name hide controversy?
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor
June 18, 2019
Irony sure is funny, right? Everyone (and rightfully so) ripped then presidential candidate Donald Trump a new you-know-what when audio was released, revealing him saying to grab women by their you-know-what. Trump has had a slew of other actions and words that could have and, some, should have...
Analyzing a part of Trump’s following
Jordan Boyer, Photo Editor
April 18, 2019
This article is meant to detail my and others' interpretation of a small group of Trump supporters who follow Trump and his cabinet members with no questions asked. This is not about Trump himself or the Republican Party; it is the new generation that has risen up and wants to make America great again in...
Consider the third parties in politics
Jordan Boyer, Photo Editor
March 28, 2019
In a country ran by a traditional two-party system, the other political parties can be overlooked due to the dominance of the Democratic and Republican parties. It is commonplace for people to be affiliated with these parties because these are the well-established dominant parties Americans have followe...
Students finding common ground despite political differences
Tom O’Connor, Staff Reporter
March 7, 2019
Grant Manning’s friends at Eastern almost never agree with him, at least politically. Manning rarely dissented from the political outlook of his friends at Metamora high school, most of whom embraced views in line with his own. Then, that all changed. The junior political science major considers the majority of...
Political vandalism will create pointless protest
Jordan Boyer, Photo Editor
March 1, 2019
Karl Marx’s tomb at the London Highgate Cemetery has been vandalized twice in the past few weeks, and this is nothing more then a desperate attempt of pointless political protest. According to The Guardian, Marx’s tomb was vandalized on Feb. 5 and the suspected vandal used a hammer to chip away at...
Politics matters; do your research on issues
February 12, 2019
Every day we hear something in the news about what President Trump, Congress and other politicians are doing. The real question is, do we fully understand what is going on? We at The Daily Eastern News are all for students educating themselves on politics and the current issues our country and world a...
How to discuss politics with friends, family
Colin Roberts, Copy Editor
November 7, 2018
Well, the midterms are over. Moving on, I’d like to discuss how we frame the issues that lie ahead of our country. To paraphrase John Adams, or maybe it was President Johnson, or maybe a Halliburton executive in Iraq? I forget, anyway, we have a battle of “hearts and minds” ahead of us. We have ...
Don’t be discouraged by the state of our country
Colin Roberts, Columnist
October 31, 2018
May we live in interesting time, eh? Things are ratcheting up. Pipe bombs in the mail is kind of new. Synagogue shootings are sadly, not. The 24-hour news cycles can’t focus too heavily on any one topic, less they be labeled partisan, or worse, boring. The truth is not partisan, or at least it di...
The taste of politics is disgusting
Karena Ozier, Columnist
September 26, 2018
The political system is unappetizing. The easiest way for me to look at it is in terms of taste. It’s a system of sour and salty. There seems to be no sweet side to the mixture. On either side that I look at, I see no compromise. No one is a little salty and a little sour. This is unappetizing. I ...
The real agenda against Kavanaugh
Will Outzen, Columnist
September 18, 2018
Hysteria is fun. It leads to all sorts of exciting events. Flipped cars, burning buildings, wailing in the streets, frantic cries of “Not my President,” it’s all great. And as every well-intentioned politician knows, one must always have a ready-made source of hysteria. Thus, here we are today, the...
Nothing wrong with a disagreement
Corryn Brock, Staff Reporter
August 27, 2018
My friends and acquaintances span over a very broad and vast set of beliefs. Some of them like pineapple on pizza (those ones tend to stay acquaintances) and the others know that pineapples don’t belong on pizza because the only fruit that belongs on pizza is a tomato. I love being able to have...
