Sunday, July 12

In the news:




“˜Healthy’ initiative will harm forests

The article “Wildfire legislation garners concern,” (News, Nov. 12) addressed the legislation that President George W. Bush and Sen. Dianne Feinstein pushed through, claiming that it will protect communities from future devastation.  This bill is a version of Bush’s logging plan inappropriately dubbed the “Healthy Forests Initiative,” as it would mercilessly undermine forest health. Read more...



Anti-Zionist pamphlet insulting

In the past month or so, increasing attention has been given to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jewish-Muslim dynamics on campus: Alan Dershowitz, Harvard law professor and author of “The Case for Israel,” spoke at Royce Hall, with pro-Palestinian protesters standing just outside the door. Read more...


Face off: No solution in sight for budget debacle

Gov. Schwarzenegger won on a substance-free campaign ““ and I’m not talking about drugs. But now that he is in office, heading the fifth largest economy in the world, he’ll have to face the same nightmare of problems that got Gray Davis fired. Read more...