There is nothing like watching your party dominate politics on every important level of government for more than a year and see the opposition fail to obstruct any of their major policy goals. This is...

I had a problem with one ovation at this year's Oscars. Roman Polanski, winner of the Best Director award for the Holocaust film "The Pianist" was honored in absentia with a solemn standing ovation by...

N a world in which anything can be deemed fashionable, I never seem to make the cut. Last week I found myself pressured to buy jeans that weren't "tapered," "stonewashed," or "made out of animal hides."...

Every so often, media coverage of a particular news item is so bad that it inadvertently exposes certain malignant truths about society. The case of U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow, R-S.D., currently on trial for...

Kudos to the Daily editorial board for bringing attention to the actions of Jay Benanav. It is information every student renting near the Minneapolis campus should also be aware of, as the St. Paul City...

You are caught in a swirling nothingness. You can't breathe, hear, feel, understand or see. Suddenly, your 110-pound body can't feel anything but an extreme terror that the cookie you just ate is expanding...

I read Lelan Bosch's opinion piece in Wednesday's Daily and could only think of how news concerning affordable student housing is getting worse. The inspections sweep being conducted by the city of Minneapolis...

Year after year, the debate over drilling oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge rages in Congress. As a rallying point for environmentalists, the ferocity of the exchange seems almost disproportionate...

OThis staff editorial originally appeared in The Pitt News at the University of Pittsburgh. n Black Friday, shoppers in Florida set a new low for disgusting consumerist behavior. Wal-Mart was offering...

After days of searching for Dru Sjodin, there is now a face - and a face is all that is needed to put fear in the public mind and push policies that couldn't otherwise succeed. The face placed in newspapers...