Monday, August 10, 1998 Speaks Out Throughout the Los Angeles area, public schools are reopening with an English-only lesson plan. Voter initiative Proposition 227 replaces bilingual education with English-language immersion. Read more...

Monday, August 10, 1998 Cashing in on tragedy illuminates society’s problems WITNESS: Quest for profit goes too far, but curious public partially to blame For over a year now, Jeremy Strohmeyer, 19, has been in jail, charged with the kidnapping, sexual assault and first-degree murder of 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson. Read more...

Monday, August 3, 1998 Indifference shackles young minds APATHY: Once you decide you can’t change world, giving up isn’t key to lasting happiness I am one of the last bastions against the growing tide of apathy. Read more...

Monday, August 3, 1998 Running out of gas on the information superhighway PROGRESS: Computers advance as cars, rest of technology stalls So, I’m sitting, watching cable television, hoping the Nielsen ratings people don’t call because I’ll be too embarrassed to tell them that I’m watching the Weather Channel. Read more...

Monday, August 3, 1998 Speaks Out Dolly the sheep now has three little friends, as scientists have recently cloned three generations of the same mouse. What impact will future advances in cloning technology have on humans? Read more...

Monday, August 3, 1998 Anniversary reminds all of struggle for suffrage WOMENS RIGHTS: Celebration of movement draws 16,000 to New York Falls By Kara Vona Independent Florida Alligator Seneca Falls, 1848. Read more...

Monday, July 27, 1998 Cheap tricks won’t garner Clinton-haters public support POLITICS: Gutter scandal exposes partisan attempt to destroy administration By Solomon Matsas I do not get the feeling that many people take the current Washington mess very seriously; most of us want the whole matter to disappear. Read more...