When it comes to transportation technology and investment, America is close to the bottom of the pile of developed nations. Read more...
Opinion Columns
Opinion Columns
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February 25, 9:00 pm
End Hamas’ violence
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict yields an everlasting argument about right versus wrong where supporters of either side play an irresolvable blame game. Read more...
Photo: A mock border wall was on display in Bruin Plaza for Palestine Awareness Week. The wall is meant to represent the border walls put up by Israel around the West Bank.
Opinion Columns
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February 25, 9:00 pm
Columnist Pherson misses the facts that support global warming
It is a shame that Alex Pherson chose to report the state of global warming the way he did in his Feb. 18 column. It is a shame because he missed a great opportunity to educate his fellow Bruins on the realities of climate change. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 23, 4:28 am
US needs greater presence in Sudan
A single shot rings out, echoed by two more in reply, the predawn lull of a morning in southern Sudan shattered. Here, in a region ravaged by 50 years of civil war and immense poverty, deadly skirmishes and the cold reality of losing family have become routine. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 23, 4:27 am
Audit demands investment reform, we hope
With the Joint Legislative Audit Committee's recent approval of State Senator Leland Yee's University of California audit request, the UC Board of Regents and other university executives are once again suffering backlash from the November fee hikes and furloughs. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 21, 10:28 pm
Possible Google partnership with NSA should raise information privacy concerns
When you need any information at all, you turn to Google. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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February 21, 10:18 pm
Pay cuts for Los Angeles city employees not the answer to budget deficit
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently announced that city employees will soon be facing pay cuts, and thousands of city jobs could be cut. Los Angeles is facing budget constraints that threaten important city services that are essential to the city's residents. Read more...