Americans should Ītake a cue from the British parliament'

This past week, while many Wildcats spent their time drinking on beaches or partying in Vegas, I spent my spring break with my best friend, comforting her on the loss of her boyfriend, Marine Corps Captain Ryan Beaupre. This made me all the more disgusted to return to a school filled with anti-war protesters, with their signs shouting at me that I'm ignoring the fact that people are dying. Am I? Was I ignoring it when I looked around and saw one of these very faces staring back at me in smiling pictures, and in my memories? [Read article]

America is at war, and we're realizing here at the UA that that the U.S. campaign in Iraq affects every one of us.

Just yesterday, President Pete Likins and Provost George Davis sent out a letter acknowledging that we are not immune to the war while here on campus.

And just as our campus leaders do not predict cancelling class, the Wildcat will still hit the newsstands everyday.

Of course, just as war may affect how professors follow their normal syllabi, it also changes how we at the Wildcat will handle the news. [Read article]

Oil is the name of the game these days. President Bush and his administration have an obsession with oil that is driving policies across the spectrum of issues.

The administration's energy plan ÷ if one can call advocating continued over-consumption a "plan" ÷ focuses entirely on expanding supply and calls for no reduction in demand. In fact, the plan calls for drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Drilling in ANWR has been dubbed by some the "keystone" of the administration's energy plan. [Read article]

For weeks leading up to the current war in Iraq, those who were in favor of military action (with a few exceptions) kept silent, knowing that in their minds, disarming Iraq with military force was justified. While at the same time, those who opposed the war took every opportunity they could to open their collective mouth and express their opinions for the whole world to hear.

Now, as week one of Operation Iraqi Freedom comes to a close, let's analyze some of the arguments that continue to come out of the mouths of the anti-war protesters, and see if they have valid points. [Read article]