I wouldn’t mind having an extra five grand in my pocket ““ especially if it doesn’t involve flipping hamburgers or any form of customer service. And after walking home from Ralphs and feeling like an awkward actor in a slapstick comedy with a pack of toilet paper stuffed painfully under my arm, I could definitely use that money to buy a car. Read more...

Nothing melts the stress away at the end of a long day like a cheap joke at the expense of the American government. I laughed my nuclear arms worries away this weekend as I watched “American Dreamz,” a political and social satire of the United States. Read more...

The controversy surrounding immigration has captured the attention and stirred the emotions of the nation. But most people, particularly those who oppose a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, are uninformed about the role of undocumented immigrants in the country. Read more...

Admission by skin color is racism The submission by Karume James and Lucero Chavez, “Diversity should be a priority for UCLA” (April 24), only serves to perpetuate racism and ignorance. Read more...

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When the admissions numbers for this fall were made public, the results were not surprising. Although the initial statistics offer a fairly positive picture, the truth behind those numbers shows an ugly reality. Read more...

If I hear one more reference to “Bushisms,†or one more person called a “flip-flopper,†I am going to lose it. Haunted memories from the 2004 presidential election — memories I would rather forget — will not go away because every time I turn my head, I hear politicians complaining about and bickering with each other. Read more...