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Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist

Michael Clifford is a sophomore studying economics, political science, and mathematics. He writes mostly on economic policy, and is proud of his Hawaiian shirt collection.

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Opinion | The Republicans need a long-term plan

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
September 3, 2020

Opinion | Opposition to home-school reflects political bias in academia

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
May 26, 2020

Opinion | Virus or no virus, Americans should not rely on China for medicine

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
April 16, 2020

Opinion | Pitt’s administrative failures cost students thousands, and compensation is needed

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
April 7, 2020

Opinion | Keeping Up With the Columnists: Vignettes of sheer boredom

By Devi Ruia, Michael Clifford, Leah Mensch, Maggie Durwald, Julia Kreutzer, Alex Dolinger, Paige Lawler, and Josh Beylinson
March 22, 2020

Opinion | Literacy programs were no silver lining in Castro’s horrible regime

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
March 5, 2020

Opinion | How to make Groundhog Day unforgettable — if you only get 10,000 chances

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
February 2, 2020

Opinion | Things are actually pretty good right now

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
January 15, 2020

Opinion | End the trade war, but don’t let China off the hook

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
November 13, 2019

Elizabeth Warren’s “lobbyist tax” attacks First Amendment in more ways than one

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
October 16, 2019

Opinion | Democratic calls for rifle bans are misinformed

By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
September 29, 2019

Opinion | Counterpoint: Raising minimum wage won’t help students

By Michael Clifford, For The Pitt News
September 11, 2019

Opinion | A leftist push won’t help Democrats

By Michael Clifford, For The Pitt News
June 25, 2019

Opinion | The Trump boom can’t last

By Michael Clifford, For The Pitt News
May 22, 2019