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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

Military dissent shows bitter truth: U.S. troops as victims in our own war

Published September 9, 2003

U.S. troops in Iraq are annoyed with their treatment by the U.S. government. Julian Borger, writing for The Guardian in late August, said many bitter editorials have lately appeared in, of all places,...

Those little U Cards are just so damn handy!

Published September 9, 2003

Rarely is there a time on campus when I can't rely on my little slab of laminated paper to get me out of a difficult situation. Never mind that the magnetic strips haven't worked since fall 2002, or that...

Estrada victimized by both parties

Published September 9, 2003

I write to ask you to withdraw my pending nomination." These were the words that ended Miguel Estrada's two-year struggle for nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals, an intense drama driven by race, power,...

What exactly are you getting into?

Published September 9, 2003

Masses of new students have come to the University bearing mini-fridges, white boards and dry-erase pens that will soon be stolen. Their faces joyfully light up at the sight of University Avenue on a Saturday...

Rethink terrorism at home

Published September 8, 2003

An interesting thing happened over the summer: Police in New Jersey foiled a plot by three teenage boys to stage a military-style assault on their high school. The teens were arrested en route to the building...

With Charles Taylor gone, what next for Liberia?

Published September 8, 2003

With the world watching, Charles Taylor, under intense pressure from President George W. Bush, African leaders and a two-prong rebel onslaught, boarded a plane last month for exile in Nigeria. This historic...

Civil unions echo another episode of ‘separate but equal’

Published September 8, 2003

When presidential candidate Al Sharpton was asked about his views on gay marriage, he replied, "That is like asking do I support black marriage or white marriage." Mr. Sharpton's words bring up an interesting...

Guns for self-protection may harm self-defense

Published September 8, 2003

Given all the recent talk over Minnesota's new handgun law, I thought I might be able to add some new ideas to the discussion. Last February I was called to active duty to fight in the recent war. My role...

Mason must win now or face the consequences

Published September 5, 2003

In 1997, the Gophers athletics department hired Glen Mason to restore the football program to respectability. Six years and millions of dollars later, Minnesota still has not won a Big Ten championship....

Our leaders and the people who hate them

Published September 5, 2003

Hate is probably the strongest word one can use to describe his or her animosity toward someone. It's the type of hostility that is, at times, drummed up against our nation's political leaders, and as...

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