I'VE BEEN thinking lately about death -- not of expediting my own or anyone else's, but rather of countenancing death the same way I think about life.
AMERICANS are not happy with their government right now, and their votes in tomorrow's midterm elections will likely reflect that fact.
AROUND this time three years ago, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asked in a leaked memo, "Are we winning or losing the global war on terror?" While the jury may still be out on that question, nearly all experts agree that the key lies in winning the so-called "hearts and minds" of the people.
DON'T VOTE if you are not educated about the issues at hand or the particular candidates. It's that simple.
"The Network of Enlightened Women." Its name inspires nostalgia for the intellectual age of Mr. Jefferson's founding principles -- the age of Newton, Hume and Mozart.
TAPPING INTO a steady supply of money is difficult for most college students. While some can prudently budget their summer earnings to last an entire academic year, many find year-round jobs not only convenient but necessary.
MIDTERM elections are looming, and U.S.Sen. George Allen,R-Va. has made some serious fumbles. But unlike his days playing football for the University, this type of fumble can't be recovered.
AS ANYONE who knows George Allen's mishaps can tell you, Virginia does not have a reputation for tolerance, or legislative prowess for that matter.
BEYOND the races for United States Senate and House of Representatives, one issue looms larger than any other in this year's campaign season: the Marshall-Newman amendment, which seeks to prevent same-sex marriages and anything "approximating" that status.
WATCHING the hordes of ridiculously dressed partiers wandering down my street this weekend, I couldn't help but wonder why Halloween is undoubtedly the biggest holiday at the University.
HILLARY Clinton is not the answer. This is what I say to anyone who believes Clinton's victory in the 2008 Democratic primary is all but a given.
WITH THIS year's election just around the corner, Democratic leaders are already claiming a victory and, according to Fox News, are supposedly choosing which offices to occupy in the Capitol building.
MY REGULAR readers might be surprised to learn that my fellow Opinion columnist Christa Byker and I attended the same political conference last weekend in Cambridge.
THERE ARE two types of buzzwords in today's policy debates: political and substantive. A buzzword can best be defined as a word used repeatedly to make a point.
SEXUAL assault has been a source of heated debate and grave concern within the University. However, one twisted form of this phenomenon has been so institutionalized that it has gone largely unnoticed despite its obvious assault on the very foundations of morality.
I AM a conservative. Many people believe this means I should be ready and able to defend the Republican Party at every point.
BEWARE OF writers who try to resolve an issue like same-sex marriage in 800 words. I won't try to do it, nor should anyone else be so foolish.
The "living wage" debate has been discussed at length on Grounds and beyond over the past few years, and has often proven to be a polarizing issue. As this topic is argued, the federal minimum wage has remained unchanged for 10 years.
IT'S GOING to sweep the nation. Or at least that's what you'd think about progressivism if you visited the University for a day.
THIS PAST weekend witnessed the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown, in which a combined Franco-American army and a French fleet in the Chesapeake Bay forced the surrender of 7,000 British troops at Yorktown and effectively ended the American Revolution.
