North Korea is a greater threat to the United States than Iraq. Until last October, the world was focused on Iraq and the lunacy of Saddam Hussein. Then came the bombshell: North Korea blatantly admitted to defying the 1994 agreement to abandon its nuclear weapons program in exchange for aid from the United States, Japan and South Korea. Read more...

Let’s get ready to rumble! In this corner, the 5-foot-3-inch potbellied Stalinist, the peevish powerhouse of Pyongong, Kim Jong Il. And in the other corner, the man who packs such a hard punch, you’ll think you’re seeing double (which you are ““ his body doubles follow him everywhere), the belligerent butcher of Baghdad, Saddam Hussein. Read more...

We asked students what they thought about President Bush’s new economic growth package with $674 billion worth of tax cuts. Here’s what they had to say: Anthony Salazar Fourth-year, MCD bio I believe he cut the dividend tax so he could stimulate spending but it’s going to benefit the rich because they have more resources and more money invested, so they’ll be compounding more interest. Read more...

The “party of Lincoln” has turned into the “party of Lott.” Trent Lott, embarrassed by his comments that the country would have been better off if segregationist candidate Strom Thurmond won the presidency in 1948, resigned as incoming Senate majority leader because it would have been politically disastrous for Republicans if he stayed. Read more...

It was politics as usual, as usual, for Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday. In his State of the State address Davis tried to sound strong by saying his budget “makes hard choices” and that his efforts to create more jobs “faced the problem head-on,” but Davis’ tough language masks the same old rhetoric. Read more...

The possibility of exile for Saddam Hussein has recently surfaced as European and Arab leaders try to avoid a seemingly inevitable showdown between the United States and Iraq. Read more...

Don’t punish all Carson students I was appalled to learn of the recent sexual assault here at UCLA. But I was horrified to learn where the individuals who committed this crime were from. Read more...