This board found President George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address mind-numbing and poorly written. The following transcript is what we would have liked to have heard in his speech: My fellow Americans. Read more...

This week, the Muslim Student Association is putting on its annual Islam Awareness week. According to Suwila Habib, vice president of MSA-UCLA, the purpose of this event is to educate the campus about the true nature of Islam. Read more...

Israel is not to blame for Mideast violence I am shocked by the assertions in Ron Richards’ letter to the editor (“Rabbi should consider new points of view,” Jan. Read more...

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I can hear her voice faltering over the phone, and it breaks my heart. As Norma McCorvey ““ the Roe from Roe v. Wade ““ lost her composure describing to me the millions who’ve died because of the court case that bears her name, I knew she had truly changed. Read more...

“It’s the end of the world,” my neighbor remarked last week as we marveled over the layer of hail covering the staircase leading to our apartments. Read more...

Teach For America a valuable program This letter is in response to Lara Loewenstein’s column about Teach For America (“Band-Aids won’t seal education divide,” Jan. 11) My first day of teaching in a low-income neighborhood in Houston was challenging, to say the least. Read more...