As Israel reaches its 58th anniversary of statehood, Americans have come to enjoy many things Israeli. The software for the instant messaging program ICQ and cell phones, as well as the firewall and anti-virus programs that keep our computers safe, are all originally from Israel. Read more...

In the movie “Collateral,” Tom Cruise’s character spews unsolicited urban-design criticism that Los Angeles is a fragmented city without a center. The city’s character appears to intensify this assassin’s psychosis and make him more interesting. Read more...

Corporate PR can be a lot like ketchup; almost anything would taste good after being smothered in it. The Health Ministry of Singapore has reported several cases of a corneal fungus since November 2004. Read more...

At 3:37 a.m., a guttural yell from outside makes its way through the brick and mortar of the otherwise silent chambers of Powell Library. I have been there for four straight hours and, feeling entitled to a break, quickly step out to investigate. Read more...

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Evidence enough for anti-Coke activists I have concerns with Alec Mouhibian’s column on the Coke-Free rally (“Anti-Coke protesters’ logic falls flat,” April 25). I attended the protest and supported the rally because, as far as I’m concerned, the testimonies of the former union workers pressured by Coke paramilitary to dissolve, the testimony from the private investigations of Colombian Coke factories by Leslie Gill, and the integrity of student-worker front and their well-researched approach to campaigns was enough evidence for me. Read more...

It’s late on a Monday night. You have homework to do, but instead, you’re downloading some Rage Against the Machine, watching the end of the UCLA-Gonzaga game again on YouTube, and perusing the message boards at BigCorporationsSuck.org. Read more...