Category: Opinion
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In God we no longer trust. More and more people are giving up religion
in OpinionAmerica, from Patagonia to the North Pole, was colonized by the European invaders who imposed the Christian religion on the whole continent, oftentimes by killing those who refused to convert. However, for the first time since the arrival of the colonizers, the Christian religion is losing its grip on the United States population. A recent…
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Student-Athletes are now allowed to make money from their names, images, and likenesses
in OpinionIn college sports, everyone makes millions of dollars, but the student-athletes get $0, nothing, nada, zero. College students have been exploited for decades. Their games are televised and monetized. Broadcasting companies pay millions of dollars to the universities and coaches, but the poor college students in not allowed to make one single dollar from his…
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The British Government declares all slaves free: Emancipation Day. The U.S. decided to continue slavery until the bitter end
in OpinionIn August 1833, the British Empire abolishes slavery with the Slavery Abolition Act. This was labeled as Emancipation Day. At this time, Canada was part of the British Empire and if there were any slaves in Canada, from that moment on, all slaves were considered free. The act freed about 800,000 enslaved people of African…
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I am a landlord, I am happy my tenant was able to pay the rent
I am a landlord and I am so happy I survived Covid. I was afraid that my tenant was not going to pay the rent, I would be stuck paying municipal taxes, insurance, condos fees, school taxes, maintenance, and the mortgage without having any revenue from my property to pay for all those expenses. Tenants…
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Vaccine mandates are necessary to save lives and regain our freedoms
in OpinionThe only way to get our lives back is to get everyone vaccinated. Until then, we won’t be able to engage in recreational or work activities where there are other unvaccinated people. To live in a free, civilized, and open society requires that we all accept numerous “mandates” every day. From seat belts to traffic…
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Pick up trucks and big SUVs are a nuisance to society
in OpinionAs a person who cares about the environment, one of the things that irritates me the most is when I see huge SUVs, or big pick-up trucks polluting our air and taking lots of space on the streets and parking spaces. Even in the midst of a pandemic, with the economic uncertainty that it brought,…