Syria got off way too easily. Not only was the strike on the Ain Saheb camp, which is approximately 10 miles from Damascus, totally justified, but Israel’s restraint borders on the absurd. Read more...

Should lap dances be allowed in Los Angeles or was the city council right to ban them? Jim Wood Graduate student, film “My general feeling is that there is a time and a place for everything. Read more...

The mud was slung; the votes were counted, and last week’s recall ended without incident in a stupefying landslide. Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger will now have to produce results to mend a fractured state. Read more...

Men work longer, have more stress The article (“Women still face workforce obstacles,” News, Oct. 10) looks at weekly incomes of full time workers reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which are then used to support the tiresome claim of women’s pay inequality. Read more...

Israel column poorly informed In the column by Nick Dang, “Attack on Syria not justified” (Oct. 9), Dang could not be more wrong on so many points even if he tried. Read more...

The success of the recall may entail the state’s future failure ““ especially if Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger is unable to compromise with the experienced Democrats who will remain in positions of power after he becomes governor. Read more...

Though it’s 2003, it seems the Vatican hasn’t quite gone through the scientific revolution. Church officials say condoms are ineffective in preventing the spread of HIV, and that AIDS “has grown so fast because of the availability of condoms.” These baseless claims, which were reported on the BBC program “Sex and the Holy City,” are irresponsible and pose a dangerous public health threat, considering the substantial number of Roman Catholics in the world. Read more...