On Dec. 5, Trent Lott, a Republican senator from Mississippi and the majority leader of the Senate, addressed a 100th birthday party for Sen. Strom Thurmond on the eve of Thurmond’s retirement from the U.S. Read more...

As a new year dawns upon this dazed and confused nation, it is only fitting that we take a broad look back at the past year that redefined the concepts of justice and liberty.  This country was founded on the ideal of freedom and the promise of individual liberty. Read more...

If UCLA students, faculty, staff and alumni aren’t worried about the danger of a potential war in Iraq, then they certainly should be. The official administration line on the war is that America must combat evil and the threat of terrorism. Read more...

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...

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...