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...

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...

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...

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...

The 1998 movie "The Siege" depicts three terrorist bombings in New York. What is amazing is how many of the events the movie depicts have been played out within the last two years and how quickly events...

With supporters arguing for humanity, petitions are circling Minneapolis calling for a medical marijuana referendum. To be honest, medicinal marijuana is largely just a ploy to eventually legalize marijuana....

You're likely to understand this sentence: "The St. Louis Rams beat the Minnesota Vikings 48-17 at home in a battle of division leaders on Sunday." This sentence, maybe not so much: "Arsenal and Fulham...

If you listen carefully every Thursday at 10:55 p.m., you might be able to hear us. We're in the east lounge of Comstock Hall, on the first floor, dancing fervently to loud club music. From outside the...