Didn't want to write another column about over-occupancy. I really wanted to do one about basset hounds. I like basset hounds. But, alas, a couple things came up that put the doggie column on hold. I had...

The Wednesday editorial, "Guantanamo defense lawyers show integrity," is an example of misguided emotion superceding fact. Not only are the legal arguments wrong, but the facts those arguments are based...

My favorite NFL team, the Minnesota Vikings, is 8-5 and has a one-game lead on the hated Packers. The Gophers finished their regular season 9-3 and are in their fourth bowl game in the last five years...

The USA Today College Readership Program, which began Dec. 3, is the first step toward a permanent program funded through Student Services Fees. One of the main arguments used to support the program is...

The end of the semester is already here, and I can't help feeling each year is passing quicker than the last. As a friend suggested, maybe it's because as we get older, each year represents a smaller...

Last week, with little fanfare, the Supreme Court refused without comment to review a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the Constitution does not guarantee people a personal right to own a gun....

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...

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...

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."...