Monday, January 26

Restraints must be put on businesses

Nicholas Louw (“Bush plans to create culture of ownership,” Oct. 21) believes that “the tendency for people to rely on others for their well-being is a source of self-destruction and that it perpetuates diminished opportunity as a consequence of apathy.” I completely agree, but with one exception ““ dependency is self-destructive only depending on whose hands you’re in. Read more...


Letters to the editor

Boycott efforts economically unsound I hope the students who prompted this whole witch hunt against Taco Bell are happy. They’ve successfully put all the students who worked at that Taco Bell out of a job and reduced the income of the farm workers they were (ignorantly) trying to help. Read more...



Proposition 69: Privacy or safety?

Proposition 69, the DNA Fingerprint Initiative, would immediately require all convicted felons to provide a non-invasive DNA sample for inclusion in a statewide database. Beginning in 2009, individuals arrested for felonies ““ not misdemeanor crimes like shoplifting under $400 or traffic violations ““ would also have to provide a DNA sample, but could have their sample removed if they are not convicted. Read more...