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U.S. government should take cues from USAC senate As a longtime campaigner for electoral reform in New Zealand, I am heartened to see the same desire for more democratic electoral practices emerging in the United States. Read more...

The most recent major hurricane to hit the Houston area was Hurricane Alicia in 1983. I know because I was there. With top winds of 127 miles per hour spawning 23 tornadoes, this Category 5 hurricane was a major disaster. Read more...

Since Hurricane Katrina came so soon after the four dramatic hurricanes of 2004 (Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne) and the strange weather of last winter (including record-setting rainfall in Los Angeles), it is little wonder that people are concerned that something is amiss. Read more...

Looters, rapists, corpses, and gangs armed with stolen guns. Nothing but chaos and lawlessness. It isn’t Iraq, and it isn’t a third-world refugee camp. It’s America. Read more...

The Daily Bruin spoke with Christopher Thornberg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast who has also studied the economic effects of disasters, about what economic impacts Hurricane Katrina could have. Read more...

The upcoming special election for California contains several important voter initiatives. Several critical issues, such as fiscal discipline and education reform, are to be decided by this election, so responsible Californians, especially UCLA students, should back the following measures in order to strengthen the state’s future. Read more...