Opinion

I hope oil hits $400 per barrel. I say that without a drop of sarcasm. The only thing that can burrow through the myriad of government-erected barriers to high supply and low prices is the market.

I spent 14 years of my life in a neckerchief and short-shorts. Yes, approximately once a week, beginning at the age of four, I put on a Cub Scout uniform and went to meetings.

Liberalism and conservatism are two terms that are often heard during political discourse. However, while presidential candidates talk about all kinds of policy initiatives and philosophical viewpoints, it is rare to hear them refer to themselves, their proposals or their ideas as conservative or liberal.

Last month, Viacom amended a lawsuit that it filed against Google-owned YouTube one year ago, citing the Web site's "inability to keep copyrighted material off its site."

"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve," said President George W. Bush. (Sadly, the Strategerer-in-Chief was speaking at a celebration of Perseverance Month.) And this is Opinion, so I gotta opine.

"What happened, Mom? What is this?"

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I've been working at the New University since my freshman year—a writer my first year, associate editor my second, copy editor my third and managing editor my fourth. Four years of reading, writing and editing. Three years with one less day in the week for myself—my Sunday instead dedicated to the production of the New U newspaper. Exhausting? Definitely.

Older students have always told me that your college years are the best years of your life—so live it up! Looking back, I can say one thing: So far, so good.

Sergeant Matthis Chiroux, a 24-year-old army veteran who has served in Afghanistan, Japan, Germany and the Philippines, recently refused to be deployed to Iraq, citing his belief that the conflict is an "illegal war."

Get out the teriyaki sauce because I am ready to marinate a lame duck. I must apologize; I could not resist making a pun about a duck. Once again, the George W. Bush administration is partaking in ludicrous shenanigans that will tarnish its already filthy reputation.

Have you ever had a crabby old person in your life who tried to make you feel guilty by telling you Great Depression anecdotes like "I used to walk 15 miles in the snow to go to school!" and "Back in my day, we didn't have color TVs with the ‘Mary-o' Brothers—we mined for coal in our spare time, and we liked it!"? Well, according to a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute, it may be time to dig deep and prepare for lean times like Gramps oh-so-bravely did.