The Horizon

Editor demands dependable decisions from US leaders

IUS Horizon • February 13, 2012

As America enters the 21st century, this country finds itself burdened with many troubles. One simply has to watch the nightly news to witness the current state of our country — from soaring unemployment to mass income inequality to unchecked illegal immigration. However, at the top of this huge pill of problems and debacles lies one issue that reigns supreme over them all — the inconsistency and illogicalness of America’s foreign policy.

Culture war will end when science rules

IUS Horizon • November 6, 2011

Freedom. There is no concept, no idea, more central to the American psyche and way of life than that of freedom. Freedom to say, do and believe whatever. Freedom to go anywhere and be anything.

Editor implores importance of equality, diversity

IUS Horizon • October 10, 2011

At a yard sale a few years ago, I found an interesting little piece of history. It was a small history book written and published a few years before World War II. Since it was only 10 cents, I decided to buy it.

Editor says yes we can, but no we haven’t

IUS Horizon • September 11, 2011

I will never forget Nov. 5, 2008. I remember crying tears of joy as President-elect Barack Obama gave his election victory speech on that cold Chicago night to more than 240,000 people. America —...

Perhaps ‘the decider’ was right after all

IUS Horizon • March 15, 2011

In the aftermath of the 9/11 terror tragedies, President Bush wasted no time thrusting his worldview into American foreign policy. In true southern Texas fashion, U.S. policy seemed to be transformed...

American war on terror not really worth lives lost

IUS Horizon • February 22, 2011

On Aug. 31, 2010, Operation Iraqi Freedom came to end. What began as the thunderous “shock-and-awe” campaign that launched the Iraqi War came to a quiet and emotionally subdued end. I remember...

Website comments too harsh for society

IUS Horizon • January 31, 2011

Don’t do it. Don’t scroll to the bottom of the page. I tell myself this every time I read a news story that is posted on an online news website. From CNN to Fox News, the comment section found at...