Editorial

President Obama's announcement to stop deporting certain illegal immigrants has unleashed an intense debate across the country. A Bloomberg poll found that Americans favor his policy change two to one. Although my opinions on President Obama tend to be moderate, the president's willingness to make ethical progress on immigration has elicited my support.

Facebook has more than 800 million users. More than seven million are under 13 years old, according to Consumer Reports. Seven million users are breaking Facebook's rule that no one under 13 can have a page.

Sometimes I really hate being right.

Peace Corps volunteers are mostly optimistic young people who want to make a change in the world.  But some volunteers who wanted to change lives overseas have returned home with their lives changed for the worse.

It's summa-summa-summa-summa-time, summa-time...and ew, I can't believe I just dredged up Will Smith's old relic of a song.  As much as I love music, I tire easily of listening to the same songs found in my music library, and don't have the extra income to routinely add to said collection.  So what's a gal to do?

It's hard to defend a 64-year-old teacher who is accused of giving a killer right hook to one of her students.

Well, it's finally summer.  At the Gateway we've had a month-long break from printing and a lot has happened.  In fact, there's been so much activity in the political world that it would be impossible and, truthfully, unfair of me to pick just one to comment on.  So in the spirit of ‘catching up,' here's a random selection of comments on recent events for your enjoyment.