Opinion

Editorial: Some names just fit

Michael Jordan sounds like someone who would be good at basketball. Abraham Lincoln sounds like someone who would make an excellent president.

By Editorial Board | September 9, 2008

Flushed with frustration

We are infatuated with automatic functions and devices. They save us both time and effort, they can increase our safety and sometimes they can even aid our health.

By Jacqueline Ekama | September 9, 2008

Please watch your words

Some words just make me cringe.

By Andrea Summers | September 8, 2008

Editorial: A piece of work

So Arizona is not doing so well on the job front, huh?

By Editorial Board | September 7, 2008

My solution to the Darfur crisis

With all the foreign-policy attention recently on Iraq, Afghanistan, and Georgia, the Darfur civil war has faded again from the spotlight.

| September 7, 2008

We don't owe Washington a debt of gratitude

People learn about actions and their consequences when they are 5 years old. In retrospect, these lessons are easy.

By Andrew Hedlund | September 4, 2008

Editorial: Drive a hard bargain

Our moms always told us to clean up after ourselves.

By Editorial Board | September 3, 2008

Lesson from the grief-striken

This past week, I lost someone very dear to me.

By Alex Petrusek | September 3, 2008

Fighting the ban... again

This year, Arizonans will be voting on the fewest number of ballot initiatives that they have seen in years.

By Ray Ceo Jr. | September 1, 2008

Are there any excuses for war crimes?

On July 14, the World Court brought overdue charges of genocide and war crimes against Omar al Bashir, the president of Sudan. These charges were for his involvement in the ongoing Darfur genocide.

By Andrew Hedlund | August 28, 2008

Boos and Bravos

Bravo to letter writers.

| August 28, 2008

A drinking problem for the ages

In Great Britain, 5-year-olds are allowed to booze it up in the comforts of their homes while here in the United States, 18-year-old freshmen violate the law if they sneak vodka into their dorms.

By Indra Ekmanis | August 27, 2008

Chopping block

The field at Sun Devil Stadium is illuminated.

| August 27, 2008

The new F-word: Feminism

Correction Appended I am a feminist. There, I said it.

By Natasha Karaczan | August 27, 2008

Jump off the ugly mobile

There has never been a time when people tried to be ugly.

By Jacqueline Ekama | August 26, 2008

Facing a bright future by questioning

You and I live in charmed circumstances.

By Alex Petrusek | August 26, 2008

Can you spare some change?

I wish you could have met him.

By Andrea Summers | August 25, 2008

Letters to the editor

Is he for real? (This letter is in response to the candidacy of Frank Schmuck for the Arizona House of Representatives.)

| August 25, 2008

For three summers, I have been flying home to Alaska at the end of spring semester, and for three falls, I have returned to Arizona State University to see an explosion of new buildings across the ter

By Melissa Mapes | August 24, 2008

Before you give your vote to God...

A recent Newsweek poll showed that over 91 percent of adults surveyed believe in God.

By Christina Caldwell | August 24, 2008

Notice