Exactly 100 years ago, in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg, the most revolutionary 20th century American thinker was born. The girl with big black eyes had been given the name Alice Rosenbaum. Read more...

At the Jan. 27 ceremonies for the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the prevalent reaction was “never again.” And yet we still continue to see genocide occurring today, most notably in Darfur, Sudan. Read more...

Additional money requested for equipment repairs and more military operations: $75 billion. Money to quiet other international conflicts, like Palestine and Darfur: $5 billion. Total price tag for the War on Terrorism (including the requested $80 billion): at least $300 billion. Read more...

U.S. aids Colombian progress, not corruption After reading Matthew Kennard’s “Bush twists democracy for own purposes (Jan. 28),” I began to wonder if he actually knew anything about what he was writing. Read more...

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Everyone knows how to fix Westwood. Whether it is more benches so you can actually sit down, redoing the sidewalk, or providing more parking so students don’t have to walk the four blocks from their apartments, every student knows how to fix Westwood. Read more...

I am excited about voting in the first Iraqi election. I know many of us have trouble accepting the idea that something good might come out of U.S. Read more...