UC on the brink

UC on the brink

Editorial: Another increase in "fees" hits students hard, but the system itself may now be at risk.

Senate inquiry into Ft. Hood misplaced

Sen. Joe Lieberman's insistence on this matter smells of opportunism.

 
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Homophobia and AIDS funding can't coexist

Homophobia and AIDS funding can't coexist

Since its inception in 2003, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief -- PEPFAR -- has become the largest public health program in...

MOCA renews museums' mission

MOCA renews museums' mission

The new anniversary exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art is not only cause for celebrating the financial stabilization of an...

To succeed in Afghanistan, we must fail

To succeed in Afghanistan, we must fail

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration today will be a somber affair. Gray storm clouds are slowly replacing the blue skies, and the...

Afghans want Obama to hold Karzai's feet to the fire

Afghans want Obama to hold Karzai's feet to the fire

On Afghanistan's independence day in August, my friends in Kandahar were puzzled. Why was the government bothering to celebrate the holiday?...

Levi Johnston: He's hot, he's cute, he's playing hardball

Levi Johnston: He's hot, he's cute, he's playing hardball

I'm not proud of this, but I sort of love Levi Johnston. I know he's an opportunistic buffoon. I know he's a grammatically challenged,...

Palin unveils her latest persona

Sarah Palin has a talent for reinvention. Since her first campaign in 1992, she's gone through a wardrobe full of political personas....

Oysters, or not

Oysters, or not

Every year, about 15 people die after eating raw oysters tainted with a bacterium that has no effect on healthy diners but can be deadly...

New view of mammograms

New view of mammograms

Everyone who knows the prevailing medical wisdom on hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women, please stand up.

Fixing the music royalties system

Fixing the music royalties system

The founders gave Congress the power to bestow on authors and inventors exclusive rights to the use of their work, and those rights have...

Jerry Brown's 'secrets' cases

Jerry Brown's 'secrets' cases

California's attorney general and prospective Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Jerry Brown, is trapped in a political cage from which...

Church, state and gay marriage

Church, state and gay marriage

The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is warning the District of Columbia Council that the church will stop...

Toward a federal 'shield law' for journalists

After some unsettling equivocation, the Obama administration has embraced a Senate bill that would offer limited protections to reporters...