President George W. Bush should not profess to care about people against whom he is about to deploy an army.  Time and again, Bush has claimed (most recently in last week’s State of the Union Address) that the Iraqi people will welcome the United States to their country because we will be their liberators. But he is careful to avoid explicitly drawing the connection between the reason to go to war and the welfare of the Iraqi people. Read more...

Maybe I didn’t get my point across last week. Yeah, it was all fun and games pitting “The Simpsons” against the Bush clan, but the FOX network really blew it late Tuesday night. Read more...

The deceptively named USA PATRIOT Act grants the government the right to infringe on people’s private affairs in the name of warding off potential terrorist attacks. Read more...

Harbor-UCLA and Olive View-UCLA Medical Centers will stay open, thanks to $150 million of additional federal funding over the next two years. The hospitals were threatened by a county health department deficit that has forced the closure of 16 hospitals in the past year. Read more...

If you thought the $60 course reader you bought at the beginning of the quarter was so expensive because of publisher and author royalties, you may be correct. Read more...

As Colin Powell finished detailing U.S. support for war, Wednesday’s anti-war teach-in on campus turned away people at the door ““ literally. The 450 in attendance, including several protesters, filled Ackerman Grand Ballroom to capacity, requiring approximately 50 others to wait outside for others to leave. Read more...