Two films — one playing in cinemas and another recently released on DVD — tackle the relationship between law and justice, prison and freedom.The first one, "Law Abiding Citizen," now in theaters,...
There is no more inspired hall around our stately oaks than the Middleton Library. Middleton has housed the most impressive compendium of academia on campus for five decades. But it's been known...
Between attempting to rejuvenate the economy and to institute sweeping health care reform, education has taken a backseat in national reform discussions.The problems are clear. American fourth-graders...
What was the last movie you saw in theaters?It's OK. I'll give you time to think about it.For some people, that question may be an easy one to answer. For others, it may be a bit harder to remember.The...
It's not fair. Two instructors teach the same class, but one is markedly easier. I know because my friend told me so. We have a 10-page essay due every week, in our version, and the professor takes...
Abortion protestors trying to get truth outWhile I know Sara Boyd detests listening to males discussing their pro-life views ("Graphic images, scare tactics won't end abortions"), hopefully she won't mind...
It was a bright cold day in October, and the clocks were striking 13. Winston Smith woke up for the first time in 25 years. Once his eyes adjusted, the small, gray holding chamber around him came into...
There might be drafted soldiers who really want to kill and die overseas, taxpayers who really believe bailouts and bombs are both just and necessary and children who really want to spend Thanksgiving...
Hatred for Obama not the same as hatred for BushIn response to Matthew Albright's column about a child asking President Obama why people hate him, Alex Lauve kept his response polite and rational, which...
For a Nobel Prize winner, President Obama sure is fighting a lot of battles.Most of them aren't his fault. Obama inherited the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his domestic battles over health care and...
Hey, everybody, I made cupcakes! Whose birthday is it, you ask? Why, it's in honor of the millions of aborted fetuses who never had real birthdays! Hope that doesn't ruin the sweetness...
In response to Matthew Albright's column "Child's question to Obama highlights nation's hate," I have to say I'm amused at his seeming need to paint President Obama as a victim of some sort of hate crime....
