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Guns

Snell: Waking the dragon — How Feinstein fiddled while America burned

May 2, 2013

Snell: Maybe it’s time to look into alternate library funding

December 5, 2012
Opinion: Snell 10/17

Snell: Stand for something, or stand for nothing

October 16, 2012
Opinion: College Hard

Snell: College should present a challenge

August 21, 2012
Opinion: Race to Graduation

Snell: Don’t hurry, be happy

August 19, 2012
Opinion: Lady Gaga

Snell: Lady Gaga, a politician?

July 24, 2012

Snell: Journalistic virtue is just a decision away

July 20, 2012
Alvin York

Snell: Dead Germans, the fall of Rome and the hope of integrity

July 3, 2012
Today, you can’t scare anybody or endanger a society with eclipse nonsense. Or can you?

Snell: Total eclipse of the political heart

June 23, 2012
A Kittyhawk P-40 fighter plane flown by Dennis Copping in World War II was recently found crashed in a desert in Egypt. The resilience of men like Coping has been lost in recent decades, and America herself needs to renew her ideology of cooperation and bipartisan leadership.

Snell: Fighter planes and burning embers: Bring back the public spirit

May 15, 2012

Snell: History of doing freedom runs with us still

April 25, 2012
The Second Amendment states: A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Snell: How to be an American: Support the Second Amendment too

April 24, 2012

Snell: How to be an American: Know your rights

April 17, 2012

Snell: How to be an American: Become the government

April 10, 2012

Snell: How to be an American: Demand better media

April 3, 2012
Graduate looking away

Snell: How to be an American: Fix education first

March 27, 2012
Opinion - Justice

Snell: Rights exist without formalities of legal documents such as Bill of Rights

March 26, 2012
To claim your rights, you must first understand them. Learn the difference between rights and privileges, the equality of rights to all people and the true definitions of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Snell: How to be an American: The lost art of citizenship

March 22, 2012

Snell: What is wrong with America?

March 20, 2012

Snell: Trust the First Amendment (just sayin’)

March 7, 2012

Snell: Concealed carry on campus: Has the time come?

February 29, 2012

Snell: Cure America’s cancer: Cut out the shenanigans.

February 28, 2012

Snell: Free speech vs. stupidity…Who wins?

February 24, 2012

Snell: What kind of society do we want to live in?

February 22, 2012

Snell: Show civilians respect, even when they blunder

February 16, 2012
Guns

Snell: Your life is precious, protect it

February 15, 2012
hand while gathering euro coins

Snell: Vice, virtue and the American government

February 8, 2012
Jousting 

Snell: The lost art of manliness

February 1, 2012
The ISU Ambassadors meet to discuss their bill proposal on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the West Student Office of the Memorial Union.

Snell: Acting in a time of inaction

January 25, 2012
New York City, NY, September 13, 2001 -- A New York City Fire Chief addresses firefighters concerning the shifting of surrounding buildings at the World Trade Center crash site.  

Snell: Where have all the heroes gone?

January 18, 2012
Elephant

Snell: Is the GOP dead?

January 11, 2012
The University of Iowa gained media attention recently after announcing that the university will offer a residence floor to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Allied Union community, which will go into effect next year. Iowa State does not have a floor designated for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Allied Union community. However, there has been discussion about the idea. 

Snell: Need for residential learning communities questionable

January 8, 2012

Snell: Non-interventionism or another needless war?

December 31, 2011
The Prayer at Valley Forge

Snell: December means more than a holiday break

December 14, 2011
Raphael School of Athens

Snell: You don’t know what you don’t know

December 7, 2011
Classical liberal education should just as important, if not more so, than the hard sciences. Gaing a well rounded education stands more necessary than getting the basics to graduate.

Snell: Classical liberal education is necessary in a republic

November 30, 2011
A graphical representation of state appropriations, tuition, and other funding at Iowa State University shows an inverse relationship between appropriations and tuition.

Snell: Students, it’s time to take tuition matters into your own hands

November 18, 2011
Air Force ROTC honor guard member, Cody Beemer, sophomore in civil engineering, stands at attention next to a display for national POW/MIA recognition day Friday, Sept. 17 in the Gold Star Hall in the Memorial Union. The empty table is set to recognize prisoners of war and those missing in action.

Snell: Consider what it means to be a veteran

November 11, 2011
Ron Paul, a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, gives interviews before he talks about his presidential ambition at the Polk County Picnic. The Polk County Picnic is hold in Jalapeno Petes at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Aug. 27, 2011.

Snell: Support of candidate and his staff encouraging to students

November 1, 2011
Republican representative and presidential candidate, Ron Paul speaks at the Polk County Republican Party Summer Picnic on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Jalapeno Petes on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. After shaking hands and meeting members of the crowd Paul shared his presidential intentions with the audience.

Snell: Ron Paul on the economy, military spending and gay rights

October 25, 2011
Presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, signs a copy of his book for Daily columnist Barry Snell at the Story County GOP Chili Supper in Nevada, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The potluck supper served as a platform for several local politicians to campaign in addition to Paul, who gave the keynote speech of the evening.

Snell: Abortion a violation of rights but a state issue, according to Paul

October 18, 2011
Presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, gives the keynote address at the Story County GOP Chili Supper in Nevada, Iowa, on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Paul focused on the main tenants of the Constitution, of which he provided copies to each person in attendance, in his speech. 

Snell: Under Paul presidency, welfare programs safe for those already dependent

October 11, 2011
Presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, signs a Dont Tread on Me hat for a young boy during the Story County GOPs Chili Supper on Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Nevada, Iowa. Paul was the keynote speaker for the GOPs fundraiser supper after spending the day campaigning in eastern Iowa. 

Snell: Ron Paul presents honesty, sincerity

October 4, 2011
Columnists Peterson and Snell face off about the Second Amendment and armor-piercing ammunition.

Snell: Armor-piercing rounds include hunting bullets

September 29, 2011
Woman with car trouble

Snell: Conservatism about a compromising method, not rigid ideology

September 21, 2011
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