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Editorial: Take marijuana off Schedule I, please

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One of these things is not like the others: heroin, marijuana, LSD, ecstasy. The date April 20, better known as 4/20, means different things to different people. But The Leader wanted to take this opportunity, on this particular date, to discuss the most talked about 4/20 correlation: cannabis. (By the......
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Editorial: For the love of America, vote in the primary

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  All planners, agendas, calendars should have the date, April 19, circled, starred, highlighted. After all, it’s the day every good citizen, and Facebook news feed, has been waiting for: the New York Presidential Primary Election. Will it be Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton as the democratic presidential candidate? Could......
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OpEd: Politics and War

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  JOSHUA ADKINS Special to The Leader Hearing the words “campaign,” “planning,” “deception,” “strategies” and “tactics” — the military is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Not this time. This time it is about politics. A “campaign” is a military term describing a series of operations calculated and......
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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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Editorial: Illuminating the City of Lights

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“Murderous mayhem,” is what USA TODAY called the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris on Nov. 13. Stating that there are 132 people dead with hundreds more injured, the use of the phrase seems accurate. Here’s the publication’s quick rundown of what happened:   “Three teams of terrorists carried......

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