For those who dislike standardized tests, perhaps the UC Board of Regents' latest decision regarding undergraduate admissions is long overdue. Read more...

Repudiation of violence laudable In her column “Animal rights activists need to temper radical action and reconsider their objectives” (Aug. 17), Avni Nijhawan makes the case that extremists, ostensibly in support of animal rights, have sullied the reputations of both the animal welfare and vegetarian movements by engaging in criminal “direct action” to achieve their ends. Read more...

This month marks the 40th anniversary of perhaps two of the most referenced events of the 1960s: the Manson Family killings in Los Angeles and Woodstock. Both have been reflected as the actions of out of control youth in a decade marked by cultural upheaval. Read more...

If you eat meat, buy animal products or do animal testing, beware: You're at risk for being bombarded by fake blood, flour bombs or even fire. Last week, People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals gave an unsuspecting group of children eating at McDonald's "unhappy meals" filled with rubber chickens dyed with fake blood, meant to criticize the chain's chicken-killing practices. Last quarter, the Animal Liberation Front took credit for firebombing UCLA researchers' vehicles, responding to UCLA's animal testing practices. Last year, Lindsay Lohan was hit by PETA's flour bombs because she wears fur. Read more...

As anyone who follows politics may have noticed, it is nearly impossible to listen to an Obama press conference and not be asked to accept that there is a "health care crisis" in our midst. In its eagerness to get reform passed, moreover, the administration has justified itself in ignoring the glaring problems with its health care "fix," relegating facts to the point of irrelevance. Read more...