Personality politics. You have Chavez in Venezuela, Kibaki in Kenya, Ahmadinejad in Iran, Obama in the United States. I know grouping Obama with this gang of nefarious characters is bound to raise an eyebrow or two.

“Sense of Wonder,” a one-woman play based on Carson’s life and love of nature, will be performed tonight at the Bill Cosford Cinema, sponsored by Professor Weisskoff’s INS 421 class.

I am ashamed of Mr. Obama’s and the Democratic Party’s recent track record in failing to ensure that any of these valuable reforms are realized. In a nation encumbered by formidable challenges, the only sensible approach is reform.

We did the ritualistic dances, the chanting and the praying. We casted the Great W. Demon out and elected the almighty savior. He was unlike all those who had come before. He would bring a new kind of...

When asked at the 2009 New Student Convocation whether health care is a moral issue, George Will responded that “spending other people’s money for a program they would not spend money on is a moral hazard.” Will dodged the moral question at the heart of the national debate on healthcare by introducing the relatively shallow issue of tax policy.

Members of Ethics Society contend with these questions and a slew of other ethical concerns related to every area of study at this university. Should you want to consider these questions and also join a team that consistently makes it to national championships, the Ethics Bowl team is for you.

Although 2009 was the year with the most Peace Prize nominations in history, no person other than Obama deserved it more. Certainly not Hu Jia, a Chinese human rights activist who has been jailed by the Chinese government for her “subversive” activities, or Morgan Tsvangirai who despite repeated attempts on his life managed to get the ruthless dictator of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, to share power.

After a showy primetime address to Congress that didn’t move him an inch in his healthcare negotiations or win over the American people, Obama hopped a flight to Copenhagen. There, he lobbied before the International Olympic Committee to make his hometown of Chicago the site for the 2016 summer games.

Americans need a serious national discussion about climate change, which should transcend even the wisdom and rationality of the national debate on “Obamacare.” ...There is no issue more paramount that that of our environment