Lee's Înonsense' column lacks knowledge on global economy

The opinion expressed by Jessica Lee in Sept. 17's version of the Wildcat ("Canada Shows Human Colors") really amazed me. How someone can be so unbelievably aware of global politics, yet harvest such an uneducated viewpoint on globalization is beyond my comprehension. Expressing the viewpoint that we are all to be blamed for Sept. 11, from our excesses and ignorance as to who made our jeans and T-shirts is really just absurd. Making people feel guilty for simply taking part in a global economy is just an uneducated opinion. Understanding the wage market is crucial to this viewpoint. She expresses the ignorance of people who don't understand whether or not the person who made their clothes received a fair wage. Just exactly what is a fair wage, though? Wages are a function of productivity in the market for labor. Over time, "real wages" rise as people become more productive and new and superior technologies for production replace old ones. The perfect example is the assembly line, which multiplied wages by almost five times in the industrial revolution, because workers were producing more cars per hour than ever before. Cars became affordable and workers made more money. This type of economic development is what will raise Third World countries out of what we consider poverty, and playing a part in the global economy is crucial to these countries sustaining this economic development. [Read article]

Last weekend's ribbon-cutting on the $14 million Eddie Lynch Athletic Pavilion was a tribute to the effectiveness of private donations toward the advancement of a university ÷ especially in a time of financial uncertainty.

The sparkling new pavilion, which includes a state-of-the-art weight-training facility, a medical treatment center and a hall of champions celebrating UA's athletic heritage, is an especially proud addition to the campus because not a penny of state dollars was spent to open it. [Read article]

Attention all moderates, centrists and anyone to the left (if only slightly) of Attila the Hun in the Arizona Republican Party: Your party has alienated you! However, all is not lost; the Democratic Party is welcoming you with open arms.

After the Sept. 10 primary, two things became very clear. The Democrats overwhelmingly chose the most moderate candidates on their ballots and the Republican Party has been hijacked by the far right. [Read article]