Ever go to the DMV? Tried to renew your passport at the Federal Building? Had the chance to wait in long lines only to be shuffled from one bureaucrat to the next? If advocates for universal health care like Clinton or Obama had it their way, your next visit to the doctor could be a similar experience. Read more...

If you've been paying the primary race even the remotest attention, you've undoubtedly heard that it's about this thing called "change." America is tired of an unwinnable war, tired of a government that favors tax cuts for the wealthy few over health care and economic support for the many, and tired, most of all, of the Republican party. Read more...

The military of the U.S. is the most powerful fighting force the world has ever seen. This might was famously demonstrated in the devastation of the Iraqi Army in the 1991 Gulf War and in the early stages of the war in Iraq in 2003. Despite this strength, however, trends have emerged throughout the late 20th century that have cast the real power of America's military in doubt. Read more...

Did you know that every year an estimated 3 to 5 million immigrants enter our country illegally? Did you know that there are anywhere from 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants living in our country? If you don't, then you must be tuning out Republicans and listening to Democrats. Read more...

President Bush helpfully summed up nearly everything that has gone wrong with his presidency during his State of the Union address on Monday. Read more...

This month, California Assembly Bill 1658 went into effect, which imposes harsher punishments for those who make alcohol available to minors "“ whether it be buying it, selling it, or giving it away "“ as well as people who make fake IDs. Read more...

Don’t undermine the average soldier Kia Makarechi’s “Uncle Sam wants high school dropouts” (Jan. 28) explained the view that the Army’s recruitment of high school dropouts was an unethical decision because of the opinion that eligible recruits from more affluent socioeconomic backgrounds were not enlisting due to lack of support for the war and thus it was unfair to recruit those who may have no other choice but to enlist. Read more...