Opinions

Cartoons: Policially incorrect

Column: Flags serve as part of cultural identity

The past month or so seems jam-packed with days devoted to patriotic fervor. Bastille Day has just passed us and the Fourth was not too long before that. Perhaps there are other periods as dense with nationalistic celebration but, from my Western-centric point of view, these particular holidays strike me as unique both in their importance and in their being popularly memorable. I confess that, despite the drudgery of many years of French lessons in school and subsequently in college, I have never visited France, nor any Francophone country for that matter. I have, however, visited the United States — indeed I have lived here now for some six years — and have experienced the Fourth, and the unique brand of American patriotism, on many occasions.

Editorial: April 16 archives need to be public

Editorial: Scholarships will promote diversity

Editorial: Hybrid fleet good start, further work needed

Column: Technology offers sustainable energy

America has become obsessed with energy and the strain that rising oil prices have put on the economy. While the outrage over the price of oil is justified, the future of energy is a complex issue that needs direction and a firm plan. With the most recent G-8 summit happening this week, world leaders have delivered their initiatives for the upcoming year.

Column: Modern music blurs classic genres

Though, as with most things, it is the matter of some debate, many popular music critics acknowledge that The Beatles seminal 1967 record "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" marks the point at which rock music began to be taken seriously — as art. That said, precisely how highly we regard the album is of less consequence than the influence it has had, or, at least, been seen to have had on how we think about this particular brand of entertainment.

Editorial: Removing trays good first step

Cartoon: Politically incorrect

Column: Linguistic innovation is not always bad

Someone recently informed me that the British Local Government Association had produced a 100 item long list of words that are not to be uttered by any local administration in the United Kingdom or anyone within them. Your first reaction to this might be to lament that, even as the genius of George "seven dirty words you can never say on TV" Carlin passes away, his quest to end censorship through ridicule has been dealt another prudish blow. However, the terms on this list are not offensive in this controversial respect but are a good deal more banal.

Letter: Settlement was a mistake

Editorial: ABC ruling revives freedom of press

On June 19, U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Hannah Lauck upheld a March 31 injunction that would allow newspapers, including the Collegiate Times, to sell alcohol-related advertisements.

Column: Bipolar disorder afflicts electorate

The seemingly interminable Democratic primary season has now come to an end, and if you thought that Sen. Barack Obama's lengthy struggle to clinch the nomination was so hard-fought as to be an almost Pyrrhic victory, then you'll love the latest activism of some of Sen. Hillary Clinton's supporters.

Editorial: Settlements allow healing process to continue

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Editorial: Council makes mistake with Sonic

Town Council made a mistake Tuesday night, voting 4-3 to reject Fairmount University Realty Trust's Special Use Permit request for a Sonic Drive-In.

Column: Wikipedia criticism is unwarranted

As is always the case with arguments borne of anecdotes, I'm not sure if the view I'm about to critique is wildly held, but it very much seems to me that it is. Not in the circles I run in so much but certainly just on the periphery. The view is that of the Wikipedia derider. It takes a variety of tacks but basically it treats James Whales' democratic creation as infinitely inferior to any garden-variety encyclopedia that you care to name.

Column: The name of the game

JERUSALEM — It is summertime in the Holy Land. Just a few weeks ago, Israel turned 60 and the Palestinians mourned the "nakba," the catastrophe, the disinheritance of almost a million Palestinians during the war following the founding of the state of Israel. Just a few days ago, Israel celebrated the anniversary of the unification of Jerusalem from Jordanian control in the 1967 war. The Palestinian Arabs of Jerusalem watched while fireworks lit up the night sky.

Editorial: Styrofoam solution must be found

Editoral: Nowak is right choice for center

Column: Job market outlook is not promising

The U.S. economy is busted.