When one thinks of Somalia, standard pictures come to mind. An utter black hole where a government, albeit a predatory one, used to be. Chaos, clan warfare and the massacre of international peacekeepers....

In reply to Jesse Lickel's Nov. 24 letter to the editor, I, Marty Andrade, wish to offer myself some defense. First, I wish to point out to Lickel that I am in no way someone who would trivialize mental...

Of all the developments in Washington with George W. Bush as president, nothing has been as impressive as the Medicare reform that passed Congress yesterday. The bill confronts the three most pressing...

Following House passage, the Senate passed a sweeping Medicare reform package Tuesday that has less to do with prescription drugs than with eventually ending public control of seniors' health-care coverage. This...

Macalester College is considering allowing co-ed dorm rooms. Students frequently live in mixed-gender situations off campus, and allowing that option on campus makes sense. Gay and lesbian students raised...

In what seems an endless stream of anti-environmental policy, the Bush administration has proposed changing the way our country deals with how endangered species are protected or, in this case, not protected....

Last Thursday's bombings of the British consulate in Turkey elicited the usual slew of media commentary - the chain of terror is continuing against all U.S. allies and al-Qaida is as active and malicious...

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...

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...