Opinion

Stephen Colbert has many titles: comedic genius, fantastic improviser and the guy who broke his wrist. Now he has a new praise-worthy trait.

What do marijuana, a capful of bleach and a bottle of Mountain Dew have in common?

If supermarkets sold politics-themed piñatas, the bestseller would be shaped like a pork barrel.

After watching four hours of General David Petraeus's Senate Armed Services Committee testimony (what can I say, I'm a political junkie), it seems to me that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have much of a plan, idea or meaningful rhetoric about our "mission" in Iraq.

Women's rights are only an issue in countries like Afghanistan, right? Wrong. According to the Bureau of Justice, an average of over three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day.

Lessons from the Paris and London protests against the 2008 Beijing Olympics prompted San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to change the torch relay...

UC Irvine students see a lot of different tables during Career Fair, usually with a couple of nicely-dressed people with clipboards and job...

As Watson Bridge descends into University Park, the sign comes into view. It is large, visible and clearly for students. The sign shows a select group of young, multicultural recruits staring solemnly into the distance, and the caption says, "There's strong. And then there's Army strong." As I pass by the sign, I think, "There's maimed, and then there's Army maimed."

Southwest Airlines; congressional pages; pregnant man.

Rumsfeld: "I stand for eight-10 hours a day. Why is [forced] standing [in interrogation] limited to four hours?"; Scalia: "You can murder anybody in the country and still not violate federal law, if you do it right."

Much has been said about Senator Barack Obama's noteworthy Philadelphia speech on race and the controversial sermons of his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

I didn't have shorts in my luggage when I moved from Iran to Canada, and my family didn't have money set aside to buy some. That wasn't a problem until I enrolled in school and was marched off to P.E.