The Suffolk Journal

Obama’s NSA bulk proposal leaves major issue in place

Sam Humphrey • April 2, 2014

Last Monday, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration would soon announce a plan to end the National Security Agency (NSA)’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone data. However,...

State of the Union address promotes Americanism

February 5, 2014

By Benjamin Linares Part of the job of the President of the United States is to inspire, to bring Americans to their our feet and to make them feel even more American. The annual State of the Union...

Discussion questions Obama’s economic policies

November 13, 2013

By: Sam Humphrey University of Chicago Professor Casey Mulligan visited Suffolk University Nov. 5 to discuss his new book The Redistribution Recession: How Labor Market Distortions Contracted the Economy,...

Suffolk students react to Obamacare following the president’s visit

Dani Marrero • November 6, 2013

After the less-than-successful launch of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama visited Faneuil Hall in Boston Oct. 30 to discuss the act’s debut. Massachusetts is a state already familiar...

College Students Disappointed with Results of Sequestration

Miles Halpine • March 28, 2013

On March 1, President Barack Obama signed into effect sequestration cuts that will have a negative financial impact on state and federal government agencies, as well as millions of Americans nationwide....

Obama gave overambitious State of the Union

February 20, 2013

Shayne C. Dunbaugh Journal Contributor Indeed the “State of the Union” is in an uproar. The President has seemingly reignited the “Greatest Society” dream of an economically opulent planned...

Obama’s State of the Union speech attempts to unite a divided nation

Miles Halpine • February 13, 2013

President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress which included the House of Representatives, Senate, Supreme Court Justices, various members of his cabinet,...

Editor’s word: Feb 13, 2013

February 13, 2013

While numerous news outlets have pumped out stories calling President Obama’s State of the Union address “ambitious,” what we really heard last night were the same crowd-pleaser proposals about bringing...

Economic pessimism is a bunch of rhetoric

January 31, 2013

Joshua Caldwell Journal Contributor I hope this reaches you. If you’re reading this, then you must be one of the few survivors. I commend you on your fortitude and your ability to persevere in this...

Obama’s second inauguration brings promises for the next four years

Miles Halpine • January 23, 2013

With an estimated audience of over one million people covering the National Mall, Obama and Biden took the oath of office for a second time on Jan. 21. Even though it seemed to be a much bigger deal last...

Obama delivers progressive inauguration speech

January 23, 2013

Ally Johnson Journal Staff TRIGGER WARNING: The following opinion piece contains information about sexual assault. Three things coincided this past Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. There was President Barack...

Obama Foreign Policy Shift Toward Asia

Matt Bacon • November 7, 2012

Over the course of his first administration, President Barack Obama has subtly made a dramatic shift in American foreign policy. While notably drawing down the wars in the Middle East, he has quietly shifted...