Opinion

Mourning Johnny Cash, ‘The Man in Black’

by Karl Noyes
Published September 15, 2003

You can always tell the life a man has lived by looking into his eyes. Nothing is so clear as the truths revealed in their glistening light. You can see it in Abraham Lincoln's portraits or in the portraits...

Time to move past Arafat toward peace

Published September 15, 2003

When does a nation say, "Enough is enough?" Which senseless suicide bombing is the last straw? The bombing last March of a bus en route to Haifa University that killed 17 people and wounded 53, most of...

What happened to the liberal youth?

Published September 15, 2003

This is a response to Neil Munshi's Friday guest column, "Why the young conservative insurgence?" I, too, would like to consider myself well-versed in popular culture. Haven't Coldplay or the Dixie Chicks...

Arafat is not the cause of the problem

Published September 15, 2003

The story of Palestinian National Authority President Yasser Arafat's potential expulsion by Israel has been dominating the bits of news we get on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Arafat has done it again;...

A tribute: Minnesota remembers her son

Published September 12, 2003

Minnesota is a cold and formidable land. Her winters chase the unprepared and uninitiated to warmer climates; her summers reward the strong and steadfast who remain. She laps at her land with crystal waters...

Recording artists should realize that producers need to evolve with the times or get out

Published September 12, 2003

Over the last couple of months, the Recording Industry Association of America has chosen to pursue litigation with servers and individuals that download music files for free. Their arguments...

Why the young conservative insurgence?

Published September 12, 2003

I'd like to consider myself decently well-versed in today's music, so I was wondering if someone could answer me this: Did Merle Haggard recently released a hit single, and if so, was it produced by the...

The real question: Where have you gone, daddy Robinson?

Published September 11, 2003

The ascension of an openly gay minister to the Episcopalian bishopric this summer ruffled feathers around the globe. Conservatives decried the decision as an abomination. Some Episcopalians threatened...

Rituals of grief: remembering Sept. 11

Published September 11, 2003

Sept. 11 is here again, with all the video playbacks and rehashing of memories and emotion that this second anniversary brings. The question "where were you when the Sept. 11 attacks happened" has been...

AFSCME conservative: University offer indecent

Published September 11, 2003

Those who know me know I do not have much to say in support of unions in their negotiations with management. I believe most offers the unions are offered are fair or reasonable. I am the University's token...