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Partisan bickering detracts from issues, causes distrust

Tuesday, January 12, 1999 Partisan bickering detracts from issues, causes distrust SOCIETY: Impeachment only part of larger war for cultural dominance By Solomon Matsas Finally a new year has arrived, but the incessantly lurid and emotionally wrenching political events of the year just passed remain unresolved – and now they will likely promise to careen toward some hurtful wreck of a conclusion. Read more...


Questioning religion requires faith

Tuesday, January 12, 1999 Questioning religion requires faith BELIEFS: Search for answers in highly advanced society often unearths new doubts I recently relived one of my favorite "Simpsons" episodes: In it, the entire family was brainwashed by a cult, only to later discover it was all a hoax. Read more...


Letters

Monday, January 11, 1999 Letters Language police erasing ‘man’ from vocabulary, society I recently read an article in a business journal about the efforts of a company to regain its market share using the newest internet technology. Read more...



Scandalous sleaze gets costly

Monday, January 11, 1999 Scandalous sleaze gets costly CONGRESS: Presidential sex life overshadows more important issues Many wonderful and magical things happened this holiday season. Parents put down payments on the fuzzy talking turds known as Furbys, in an attempt to make sure their children don’t grow up to hate them and open fire on their classmates. Read more...



Letters

LETTERS Abortion warrants punishment I appreciated the fine intellectual arguments that Patrick Friel made in his column "Activists often go to extremes" (Viewpoint, Feb. 24). They were a welcome relief to the jokes that other Bruin columnists try to pass off as columns. Read more...