To help defray the costs on police and the court system, Gov. Tim Pawlenty has asked Minnesota judges to seek restitution from protesters arrested for civil disobedience. Such a practice would have a chilling...

At the height of the California energy crisis, many in Washington, D.C., including the then-newly elected President George W. Bush, blamed California's environmental standards for higher electricity prices...

MEmanuele Saccarelli any progressives think of the Democratic Party as a sluggish, yet useful and trustworthy beast. This donkey, as it were, is occasionally maligned, begrudged and subject to ritual verbal...

Out of the bloodied bricks and burned-out buildings of war, new means of communication often rise. From smoke signals to radio to live news reports and satellite communication, wars have been a showcase...

OJohn Tribbett n Wednesday, the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera showed the bodies of what they alleged were two dead British soldiers. It was the most recent of a series of video images of dead U.S....

Natalie Maines, the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, recently told a London audience, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." In response, radio stations across...

Your home might be your castle, but your bedroom is the state's domain. That will be the result if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds its prior precedent in its consideration of Lawrence and Garner v. Texas....

ARobert Bruininks s we plan for some very tough financial decisions, I believe that it is important to give our faculty, staff and students a candid assessment of the challenges and choices we face and...

Screw the Quran!" "Screw Muslims!" "Go home!" Such were the putrid shouts aimed at N. Ruby Zigrino, a U.S. Muslim, during her speech at the "Support Our Troops" rally held at the State Capitol on Saturday....

WJon Farnsworth hether you agree with the motives or not, the United States finds itself locked into a preventive and quasi-unilateral war against Iraq. Many students have vocally objected to the administration...