Dan Papia claims that a unilateral United States invasion of Iraq will flush the United Nations Charter down the toilet (Viewpoint, Oct. 16). Since the vast majority of wars are unilateral (I can think of only Korea, Gulf War and Somalia actions as being U.N.-sponsored) one must ask why so many people think a similarly unilateral U.S./U.K. Read more...

As a “white” Chicana and Chicano studies student, I take personal offense to Mike Hansen’s ignorance and misunderstanding of the concepts discussed in ethnic studies classes, as well as the purpose they serve. Read more...

Public panic over sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. area is pulling the U.S. government further down its slippery slope ““ this time resulting in spy planes being commissioned to hunt down a lone killer. Read more...

By Elizabeth Cajayon and David Chung The Racial Privacy Initiative is a dangerous initiative put forth by UC Regent Ward Connerly that would prohibit state agencies from collecting any data based on race, ethnicity and national origin in the state of California. Read more...

In Wichita, Kansas one of the most gruesome mass murder trials of the last decade is wrapping up. It entails the kind of “hate crime” that garners national attention. Read more...

This fall, the jury is in and personal responsibility is out. On Oct. 4, a Los Angeles Superior Court awarded an unprecedented $28 billion dollars in punitive damages to Betty Bullock, a 64-year-old woman suffering from lung cancer, who claims Philip Morris failed to warn her of the dangers of smoking. Read more...

Raise your hand if you like Saddam Hussein. My hand is not raised. Now raise your hand if you think there is ample justification for invading his country. Read more...