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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

Opinion

War is justified

Published September 26, 2002

After reading "U.S. represents threat to world peace," (Sept. 25) I am curious how President George W. Bush can be a threat to world peace. He has not only asked Congress for permission to go to war with...

Kill the death penalty

Published September 26, 2002

More and more there seems to be evidence of mistakes and mistrials involving death penalty sentences in the United States. And again a federal judge says it's unconstitutional ("Judge declares death penalty...

Buses are better

Published September 26, 2002

The column "Professors, buses make back-to-school blues," (Sept. 25) portrayed mass transit, particularly Metro Transit bus service, as an unreliable service, necessary only for those who are not lucky...

The rhetoric of war

Published September 25, 2002

On Monday, President George W. Bush while addressing a crowd in Trenton, N.J., threw out his slogan "Ö either you're with us or you're with the enemy." To Bush and his hawkish cabinet, it appears that...

Resolve tensions through dialogue

Published September 25, 2002

In response to the article, "U police investigate assault, role of bias," (Sept. 24) I do not believe that the response to this incident should be dominated by knee-jerk "progressive" political correctness....

Diplomacy can work

Published September 25, 2002

The remarks by David Simon, "Pre-emptive attacks are prudent foreign policy," (Sept. 23) support a world view that escalates military tension and destabilizes any hope for a world order. In the wake of...

U.S. represents threat to world peace

by Scott Laderman
Published September 25, 2002

Two weeks ago, Nelson Mandela told Newsweek magazine that the United States represents "a threat to world peace." Its posturing on Iraq, he claimed, was grounded in the Bush administration's "desire to...

Professors, buses make back-to-school blues

Published September 25, 2002

TBy Molly Kentala oward the end of August there comes a day when the local Target begins hanging the giant "BACK 2 COOL" posters from the ceiling. To young children, such a day is considered a holiday....

American public deserves reasons for war

Published September 25, 2002

Before Sept. 11, President George W. Bush's policy on Iraq was essentially one of "containment." As a recent New York Times piece points out, before Sept. 11, "Iraq was, frankly, nobody's high priority...

Democratic propaganda blinds all in Tibetan controversy

Published September 24, 2002

TBy Diana Fu ibet is a land of mysticism tucked into the waist of the Himalayas where girls swing their long black braids and thick incense mingles with the chanting of Buddhist monks. To the average American,...

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