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Are you there, God? It’s me, common sense

Ashley Pierce is a political science freshman and Mustang Daily conservative columnist. President Obama had the misfortune of the entire nation seeing his face become more and more pinched and constipated-looking during Dr. Benjamin Carson’s speech at the National Prayer Breakfast this past week. Carson, a neurosurgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, took the stage […]

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Jets, tanks and anti-semitism: Oh my!

Ashley Pierce is a political science freshman and Mustang Daily conservative columnist. A long time ago (three years ago if we’re being technical), Egypt and America were allies and that was all fine and dandy. During that time a deal was made with then-President Hosni Mubarak to give Egypt’s government 16 F-16 jets and 200 […]

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Take our guns — and our safety, too

Ashley Pierce is a political science freshman and Mustang Daily conservative columnist. Let me first begin by stating what a tragedy and devastation the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was. The fact that innocent and young lives were taken from this country will always be horrific and weigh heavily on Americans’ hearts. As weeks pass, the country’s […]

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Ahh, it’s the conservatives!

Ashley Pierce is a political science freshman and Mustang Daily conservative columnist. I was in an economics class in high school in which the teacher drew a line on the board representing the political spectrum. He placed liberals on the left, conservatives on the right. The extreme left he labeled socialists (a peaceful serene tone […]

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