Advertising today is ridiculous. Anti-drug ads blame teenage pregnancy, accidental shootings and terrorism on marijuana. Even more ridiculous are the diamond ads because they makes us believe that diamonds are unconditionally pure and good. Read more...

I have to admit that it took me quite a while to see the light. Until recently I was very much opposed to this war on Iraq. Read more...

It’s the end of the quarter and time for students to vent anger or praise their professors on www.uclaprofessors.com. For those of you who don’t know what this site is, wake up! Read more...

As a child in South Korea, I participated in speech contests commemorating the death of an eight-year-old boy, who was said to have shouted “I don’t like communists” before he was killed by a group of North Korean armed guerrillas in 1968. Read more...

President George W. Bush proposed a $1.2 billion plan to research and develop fuel-cell cars in his State of the Union speech last month. Although I question the President’s sincerity, being the oil-friendly conservative that he is, at least he’s making the necessary point that the United States needs environmentally safer vehicles. Read more...

Inequality seems to be the recurring issue of our day. Not only is inequality an issue in race and gender, but it is also an issue that concerns our university’s staff members. Read more...

The Higher Education Act was initiated in 1968 to provide grants and loans to students who would otherwise be unable to attend state colleges and universities. Read more...