Author Archives: Megan Dutra

The Politics of the Marathon Monday disaster

April 17, 2013 no comments

Yesterday’s unfortunate events at the Boston Marathon were horrendous and a threat to America. The explosion caused three deaths and many more injuries to innocent observers of loved ones running acr...

Call it what it is: illegal immigration

April 9, 2013 no comments

____________ Immigrants? On Tuesday, April 2, the Associated Press made a major change to their universal writing style guide restricting the use of the term “illegal immigrant” because of its offens...

CPAC, conservatives must see DOMA as a human rights issue

March 28, 2013 no comments

Recent weeks have drawn much attention to the issue of gay marriage. We have not only seen organizations uninvite gay support groups to major events, but have also seen key politicians and those with...

Super Bowl XLVII commercials fall short of expectations

February 7, 2013 1 comment

As most of America cheered on their respective teams last Sunday at the Super Bowl, the rest of us tuned in to see the highly anticipated release of new and old products being shown in this year’s ad...

A progressive response to the Governor’s tax proposal

January 23, 2013 no comments

Last Wednesday, Jan. 15, Governor Deval Patrick delivered his seventh state address with an ambitious proposal to raise income tax rates by 1 percent and reduce the sales tax rate by 2 percent in ord...

Discrimination against homosexual Republicans is unacceptable

October 24, 2012 5 comments

One of the many challenges conservatives face today is moving away from old social views and into the future. As the election season comes to a close, I think one particular group of voters has been ...

One girl’s struggle for an education

October 17, 2012 no comments

Living in a free nation, we sometimes lose sight of how important our basic freedoms are. To Malala Yousafzai, this lack of freedom has inspired the 14-year-old Pakistani girl, and has ultimately lea...

SuperPACs are obsessed with negativity…. We are over it

October 3, 2012 1 comment

With Democrats defending 23 Senate seats along with the Presidency, the topic of Republicans possibly gaining control has been on the minds of every politico. With all this uncertainty comes a wave o...

Senate Debate stand out brings a hopeful response

October 3, 2012 no comments

Outside of the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Monday night, stood hundreds of supporters for both Senator Scott Brown and Professor Elizabeth Warren before they embarked on their second official deba...

Why I am voting for Scott Brown!

September 24, 2012 4 comments

Thursday, Sept. 20, marks the beginning of three or four formal debates between Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren. While the rest of the country will be watching The Voice or The Real Housewiv...

War on the Woman’s Vote 2012

September 24, 2012 no comments

As the 2012 Presidential race draws closer to an end, the final efforts of the campaign to connect with voters begin. One of those major connections for the candidates is a race to see who will get t...

Edwards Walks?

June 6, 2012 4 comments

Last week we were all finally presented with the verdict of the John Edwards trial regarding alleged campaign funds used to cover up his 2007 affair with a former campaign worker, Rielle Hunter, whil...