In my last column, I wrote about the Halloween riot in Madison, Wis., after which at least one reader accused me of glorifying rioters' behavior. Needless to say, no thinking person would even condone...

Where is the fair reporting?" one reader asked in response to two Associated Press articles about Palestinian issues printed in Tuesday's Daily. A page four story chronicled the Internet use of Palestinians...

Eighty years after its inception, the SAT is getting another makeover. Recently, College Board President Gaston Caperton remolded the SAT into a knowledge-based test emphasizing the traditional three R's...

In response to Michael Teachout's opinions piece in Tuesday's Daily, I'd like to make a few points. First, it is Minnesota law that public sector unions have to have full and fair-share members - not a...

State and national legislators are considering the financing and construction of a massive coal-gasification plant near Hoyt Lakes on the Iron Range. This power plant has been conceived as an answer to...

A girl I knew in high school once said, "I could never be good friends with a liberal. They're so out of touch with reality they're just stupid." I was immediately taken aback. How, I asked, could she...

Two recent Daily columns on the subject of over-occupancy in the neighborhoods around the University both take the position that the issue can best be resolved by eliminating the zoning restrictions currently...

Years ago I attended a professional development conference. It was held at a sprawling resort in the Catskill Mountains in New York that had seen much better days. The Homowack Hotel, once richly appointed,...

Several weeks ago, I lamented that as one of its fair-share workers, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3800 refused me the right to vote on the contract - along with...

I have always heard there are pockets of news and news realities that fly way under our collective radar screen. It took a trip through the Southwest last week for me to understand firsthand that there...