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...

This quarter, I’m taking two science classes. They’re not necessarily difficult ““ but they’re science classes. And, to put it mildly, science has never been my forte. Read more...

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The Bruin Democrats’ campaign this week focuses much attention on the separation of church and state, but the precise issues that they focus on are out of the scope of the First Amendment’s provisions, and their own arguments come dangerously close to violating the very freedoms they purport to protect. Read more...

Around the world, 75,000 women die annually from unsafe abortions. And help is not on the way. On the contrary, family planning clinics that provide ““ or even just discuss ““ abortions have been denied funding, which not only ignores the problem, but exacerbates it. Read more...

Since my sophomore year in high school, I have been a black man in the making. Ray Charles has been my favorite singer, Thomas Sowell my favorite economist and Morgan Freeman my favorite actor. Read more...

In review of the confirmation hearing of Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice, I am appalled at her insistence to continue to mislead the American people. As a very involved adviser on public policy both domestic and national, having served in Vietnam and having seen the mistakes of the Johnson and Nixon administrations, I am convinced that Iraq is our new Vietnam. Read more...