Four fans showed up, but it’s still fantastic

Eli Karon Click Here for more articles by Eli Karon Adolescent girls love it, celebrities use it to raise money for charities, and old men drink before, during, and after it. Welcome to city-league slow-pitch softball … it’s faaaantastic. Slow-pitch softball puts the “fan” back into “fantastic.” Four was the exact number of fans present […]

Cuba sanctions antiquated, ineffective

Mujtaba Ali mali@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Mujtaba Ali   President Bush recently affirmed that he would take a hard-line stance against Fidel Castro’s communist government and maintain the economic sanctions placed on Cuba 40 years ago. The sanctions against Cuba were originally intended to destabilize Castro’s communist government and eventually cause his downfall. […]

School mascots not insulting

Ian Eisner ieisner@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Ian Eisner   The PC police are at it again. Thirty years after campus interest groups at Stanford pressured the university to change its mascot from an Indian to a tree, the California legislature has resurrected their cause. If overly-sensitive legislators have their way, all state […]

Democrats’ criticism of Bush misplaced

Joel Schwartz jscwartz@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Joel Schwartz Ever since Julius Caesar invented the strategy of divide and conquer, power-hungry tyrants have used fear and anger to turn good people against one another while simultaneously promising protection and happiness. This destructive tactic is alive and well in contemporary America where the Democrats […]