Judging a justice
Confirm The abortion controversy is a red herring that obscures the most important issue regarding Alito and the increasingly imperial presidency.
Confirm The abortion controversy is a red herring that obscures the most important issue regarding Alito and the increasingly imperial presidency.
Confirm After watching hours of confirmation hearings on C-SPAN, I concluded the 18 hours of interrogation probably could have been squeezed into two. But, unfortunately, voters in Massachusetts, New York and Vermont elect senators who spend half their "questioning" time grasping at straws to attack the upstanding federal judge. Sens. Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer, Pat Leahy and their voters should all be ashamed of such behavior.
Reject The United States should be moving forward, not backward, in the struggle for gender equality. If Samuel Alito is confirmed as Supreme Court justice, the progress generations of women before us made could be reversed.
The American college campus, once identified by its historical libraries and gothic-style architecture is now being defined by an abundance of Powerbooks, cell phones, iPods and perpetual electronic connectivity that was non-existent just a decade ago.
Stable is definitely not how I would describe the current situation at IU. This weekend, we lost yet another leader when President Adam Herbert announced his intended departure in 2008. Whether that's sad or glad news for you, the fact remains that the IU board of trustees will be searching -- again -- for a new face of the University.
It's amazing what passes for major news in the United States these days. Last week while a showdown with Iran regarding its nuclear weapons program grew closer, while Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lie in a coma, and while the bird flu made it to Europe, the major U.S. news outlets were fixated on a skier's admission that he partied. A young, professional athlete drinks and parties? I'm shocked, simply shocked.
As part of IU President Adam Herbert's approved overhaul of the University, the IU-Bloomington leadership structure will be shaken and stirred. These changes are necessary experiments for a campus that has wavered back and forth between alliances with its chancellor and its president. With a stronger, more centralized leadership, we believe reforming academics can also take a step closer to reality.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- At least four foreign terrorists died in the purported U.S. airstrike aimed at al-Qaida's No. 2 leader in a Pakistani border village, the provincial government said Tuesday.
CAIRO, Egypt -- An Arab television channel aired a silent 20-second videotape Tuesday night of hostage American reporter Jill Carroll and said an accompanying message gave the United States 72 hours to free female prisoners in Iraq or the journalist would be killed.
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the Bush administration's attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die, protecting Oregon's one-of-a-kind assisted-suicide law.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Gov. Mitch Daniels' major highway plan got several plugs during its first hearing before lawmakers Tuesday, with proponents calling it a bold proposal that would create jobs and boost economic development by funding numerous road and other transportation projects.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The state would broaden its definition of sexually violent predators and bar them from residing within 1,000 feet of schools, parks or youth centers under legislation that received largely favorable discussion before a state Senate panel Tuesday. Opponents of the bill, however, objected that it was overly broad and would possibly banish some released convicts from their hometowns.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Judges ordered three suspects released from custody last week, ruling they had not received trials within six months of being jailed -- a deadline prosecutors say is difficult to meet.
It happens to everyone at least once in their lives.
In August of last year, NCAA President Myles Brand, formerly the president of IU, instituted a ban on 18 colleges' mascots or nicknames which he deemed offensive or abusive. These schools could not use the names in any of the NCAA's 88 championships, essentially barring the mascots -- and the use of the offensive nicknames -- from any postseason competition. Since that time, schools like Florida State University and the University of Utah have appealed for, and won, the right to continue using their nicknames. Others, like the University of Illinois, have lost appeals and stayed on the list of banned institutions. Amidst all the controversy and bickering, the only thing that's clear is that everyone has an opinion.
The makers of Facebook, that ultimate online procrastination device, have found one more way for students to put off their schoolwork.
NEW YORK -- Another Oprah book club pick has raised the issue of fact vs. fiction.
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra conductor Christopher Ludwa assures us orchestra has plenty of appeal. The BSO is an organization that brings together professional and amateur musicians from around the community to do what they love: make music.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "Brokeback Mountain" is moseying along the Academy Awards trail, its four Golden Globe wins -- best drama among them -- positioning the cowboy love story for Oscar glory.
It took Sid Stamm less than 12 hours to code www.verybigad.com. By all appearances, Stamm's page was exactly the same as the Web site for Carlton Draught which millions visit to watch the company's beer commercial. Visitors to Stamm's page were asked to accept the same security message and the site played the same beer commercial as the original. But, there was one key difference. Stamm's Web site had a gaping security flaw which could have allowed him to corrupt any system that played the video.