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Conservative Corner: The death of transparency  

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CONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor   Politicians have never been the most transparent people out there, but oh boy, do the two candidates we have running now seriously lack any kind of transparency. Hillary Clinton had the nerve to tell people that “I’m the most transparent public official in modern times”......
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Conservative Corner: The shady history behind the Clinton Foundation

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CONNOR HOFFMAN News Editor   The Clinton Foundation has been in the national headlines lately, and for good reason: this foundation reeks of corruption. The Foundation may have recently just announced that it would not accept foreign donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president, according to CNN, but it’s very......
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Conservative Corner: searching for the perfect VP

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   After the last few primaries, the focus of the election has shifted to the general election. Who the nominees will pick as their running mates has been a hotly contested issue in the media lately. This election will be a very close one, and......
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The Leader goes out of business under new management

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RAVIOLI Staff Lampoonist     For years, The Leader has kept Fredonia students up-to-date on local news, sporting events and some of the most brilliant satire. The paper’s long success has only been possible because of a constant flow of hard-working and dedicated staff. As usual, executive board elections were......
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Conservative Corner: The War on Drugs won’t be won

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   America declared war on drugs in 1970 with the passage of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Ever since that fateful date, we’ve been embroiled in one of our country’s biggest failures in its history. The War on Drugs started during the Richard Nixon administration......
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Deny Trump, whatever it takes Could a contested convention be in the GOP’s future?

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   It seems lately that the talk about the Republican National Convention has focused on having what’s called a “contested convention” rather than having a convention that, effectively, was a coronation for Donald Trump. A contested convention is what happens when none of the nominees......
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Web Exclusive: A Crazy Super Tuesday

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CONSERVATIVE CORNER   CONNOR HOFFMAN Assistant News Editor   This March 1 certainly was a crazy Super Tuesday for both parties. This election has really shown just how divided the parties are. The Republicans had primaries in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming.......
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Conservative Corner: The U.S. should act as the world leader it is What to do about ISIL

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer   The recent Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks on Paris are definitely a tragedy, and something must be done to reprimand these terrorists. This does not seem to be the end of ISIL’s attacks, and ISIL has actually threatened to attack Washington,......
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Conservative corner: Illegal immigration and the 2016 election

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  CONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer   One of the biggest issues in the 2016 election so far has been illegal immigration. Much of the coverage of this issue on the Republican side has been focused on Trump’s plan to build a wall between the United States and Mexico and forcibly......
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Conservative Corner: The first Democratic Debate

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CONNOR HOFFMAN Staff Writer   The Democrats held their first presidential debate on Oct. 13, hosted by Facebook and CNN. And, oh boy, was it apparent that none of them have any real solutions to the problems our country is facing. Senator Marco Rubio, one of the Republican candidates running,......
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