Opinion

Can you find your soul mate before you are old enough to legally drink?

Published July 21, 2003

IR.R.S. Stewart now know eight people between their senior year in high school and senior year in college who are either engaged to be married or already married. It's hard for me to imagine people I...

Who’s in the driver’s seat?

Published July 21, 2003

FBy Sen. Dick Day or decades, Minnesotans turned a blind eye to the needs of our transportation system. Although it is a core function of state government, building roads and bridges and managing a transit...

Learn from history when rebuilding Iraq

by Erik Nelson
Published July 21, 2003

U.S. efforts in South Vietnam were designed to counter a larger perceived threat, the global spread of Soviet-style communism; the Bush administration contends that nation-building efforts in Iraq will help counter the global threat of terrorism.

Making a Case for United States military intervention in Liberia

Published July 21, 2003

TBy Wynfred N. Russell he United States is under intense pressure from all corners to intervene and stop the carnage in Liberia, and for good reasons. The United States has long historical, economic and...

Discredited assertions regarding uranium sales to Iraq are beginning to dog the Bush administration

Published July 14, 2003

TBy John Troyer he President has moved on," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said to reporters at a news conference on Saturday when asked about the continuing attention being given to false intelligence...

States and the University have the constitutional right to ban guns

Published July 14, 2003

TBy Jordan K. Kolar his letter is in response to R. Packett's July 7 letter to the editor ("More gun talk Ö"). I assume that Packett's reference to the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as support...

Honoring our state’s commitment to public higher education

Published July 14, 2003

OBy Sen. Mee Moua ne of the strengths of any state is the excellence of its higher education institutions. In Minnesota, we are fortunate to have more than 50 public college campuses serving those in pursuit...

Ban Concealed Weapons at the U

Published July 14, 2003

DBy Earl McDowell uring the past month, The Minnesota Daily has published several letters and opinion pieces on the so-called "conceal and carry" law. For example, John E. Caile, communication director...

Empowering the countryside with renewable energy

Published July 7, 2003

TBy Greg Cuomo he robust development of a renewable energy system in this country would have large ramifications, both locally and globally. Widespread adoption of alternative energy sources would play...

Dinkytown’s vanishing parking spots

Published July 7, 2003

DBy Will Strand ear City Fathers: Why are you eliminating parking spaces near the University? As a resident of Dinkytown who owns a car, I know how difficult it can be to find a parking place near the...