In the past 20 years, prison spending in California has increased by 571 percent, while the state’s spending on education has gone up by only 33.4 percent. Read more...

I invite you to take yourself back a few years and imagine you’re a senior in high school. Senioritis has kicked in, and your once-a-week route to class via Denny’s Diner has become a five-times-a-week routine. Read more...

Wouldn’t it be fine to not be able to detect a brutal, racial hate crime? Like many pro-Racial Privacy Initiative people, James Moon certainly seems to think so. Read more...

In the words of Henry David Thoreau, “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” We need to ask ourselves this same question when we look at current political efforts to improve public education in California. Read more...

While SARS has selectively spread, a sense of sudden panic that has spread worldwide. The psychological pressure and resulting economic damage caused by the fear of the virus is more damaging than the virus itself. Read more...

I know I don’t normally do movie reviews, but if you’re looking for a great flick to watch this weekend, rent the old 1963 classic “Jason and the Argonauts.” It’s an adaptation of the Greek myth, featuring our hero Jason the adventurer traveling around the world, fighting and conquering his foes without much trouble. Read more...

Do you think the United States-led war on terrorism has been effective? Sandy Harris Fifth-year, psychology “We’re so disingenuous, the United States. We’re not putting our true agenda forward. Read more...