Opinion

The revelation that Iran has been secretly building an underground uranium enrichment facility may have raised expectations that last Thursday’s meeting in Geneva would be a showdown between the United States and Iran. However, the meeting between Iran’s nuclear negotiator and representatives of the United States, China and Russia is more likely to be the beginning of a dialogue that will continue for months to come. Whether this dialogue will result in anything is yet to be seen.

CONTROVERSY: New breast cancer ads aim below the belt. Literally.

Among the many terms that should be considered cliché and overused, “selling out” is a phrase that is often abused by vindictive and selfish music fans. Bands are frequently labeled “sell-outs,” because their original fan base felt they became too famous. More often than not, this tends to be an inaccurate accusation. Not every famous band betrayed their fans and their principles for fortune and fame.

HEALTHCARE: Writer Neil Thakor explains why he believes Baucus deserves the ire of liberal groups.

Ready for health care to get worse? It could happen if the Baucus bill passes.

At a time when budget cuts and teacher layoffs are hurting students and teachers alike, the Obama administration is straining an already vulnerable school system by trying to add hours to the school day while lengthening the school year and shortening summer break.

Do you ever wonder if President Yudof has a public relations person? Because if he does, he needs to fire the idiot...

It seems as if now, more than any other time in recent history, being a student is particularly difficult. As a class, we have no choice but to bear the consequences of the mistakes of our predecessors, shoulder the debt they’ve racked up and deal with an economy that is about as worn out as Amy Winehouse’s hairpiece. While a lagging job market waits at the end of our education, the massive cuts in the educational system impair the very generation meant to absolve the debt and revive the economy.

In the 1920s, alcohol was banned from the United States in an attempt to reduce crime, poverty and improve the overall living conditions in the United States. As a result of the ban, alcohol consumption skyrocketed, organized crime rates went through the roof and severe corruption took root in law enforcement agencies. This prohibition of alcohol was, without a doubt, a failed policy that was not only incredibly ineffective, but was also detrimental to its goal.

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is a community organization that was created to help low to moderate income households by providing housing aid and by boosting political involvement among these groups. It is now under scrutiny after being accused of questionable behavior involving child prostitution, political corruption, tax evasion and human trafficking.

There has been a lot of health care coverage over the past few months. It seems as if the voices of pundits on both sides, of screaming protestors and showboating politicians, are constantly pouring out of every speaker. I turn on my radio and they are talking about health care. I turn on my TV and the conversation is about health care. I open my email and all of those news alerts I signed up for are filled with stories about – yes, you guessed it, health care.

Figures on the global stage stepped up to the podium with incendiary speeches, passed controversial notes, and rode the escalator backwards. These are the world’s top diplomats at the world’s most centralized communication forum: the United Nations.