The men’s basketball team’s run all the way to the NCAA championship game was as exciting as it was improbable. Some type of celebration is in order, and I have just the idea: The university ought to tear down and rebuild Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

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Illegal immigrants don’t drain U.S. dry I would like to congratulate Alex Hoffman on a departure from form in his April 11 cartoon. Hoffman succinctly demonstrates how illegal immigrants pose no threat to any hard-working Americans. Read more...

After reading “Bush information leak reeks of Watergate” (April 11), I would like to set a few facts straight. In the article, Springmeyer asserts that “Bush himself authorized leaks of classified information about Iraq prior to the invasion.” Background information is helpful in order to clarify the Bush information leak story. Read more...

Dorothy, after her arrival back from the Land of Oz, couldn’t have been more right: “There’s no place like home.” Indeed, to most everyone, home offers great comfort and bliss; no other place can suffice. Read more...

Nearly one month ago, the United Nations approved plans to create a new subsidiary body, known as the Human Rights Council, to handle international human rights issues. Read more...

These days, whenever you hear someone talking about the “price of freedom,” it is almost always expressed in a body count. My government tells me I have to accept a certain number of American casualties and Iraqi collateral damage (read: dead civilians). Read more...