Focus on nuclear proliferation

By Justin Palmer / October 21, 2002

Talk about being between Iraq and a hard place. After a year of arguing for war against Saddam, I’ve now had people ask me that if striking Iraq is so urgent, why should we not hit North Korea first? My friend Ben observed, “Saddam may be nuts, but he’s wily and has an instinct for...

War against Iraq is unjust

By Joshua Jowers / October 21, 2002

When I began to think about the war that President Bush seems to be forcing on the country, I started to think of reasons not to go to war with Iraq. This was my own stupidity; because war is such a terrible situation, we must first ask the question: why should we go to war...

Fashionable hypocrites

By John Lovejoy / October 21, 2002

Since the Vietnam War, it has been fashionable on college campuses and among many members of the international community to demand that America make morality and human rights, rather than self-interest, the basis of its foreign policy. The central dogma of these anti-war types is that it is wrong in all cases and circumstances for...

Staff Editorial

By The Maroon Staff / October 17, 2002

We were surprised and saddened to learn this week that the Chicago Weekly News was forced to temporarily suspend its publication. We are sorry to hear any voice on campus temporarily silenced. We understand that there are some ipso facto circumstances in which the Maroon and the CWN are direct competitors, but we view it...

Giving the U of C some advice

By Phoebe Maltz / October 17, 2002

According to The New York Times, sex columns are big (no pun intended) on American college campuses. The U of C, as of the last time I read one of its papers, does not have such a column. If this school did have one, it could be uncommon, like its application, and offer uncommon advice....

Don’t blindly trust Republicans

By James Liu / October 17, 2002

I have been opposed to any war in Iraq for some time. I had hoped that, for now at least, I could stay above the fray here in the ivory tower. After reading John Lovejoy’s piece last Tuesday in the Maroon, I can no longer do so. Lovejoy, if I understand him correctly, contends that...

Pakistan’s elections fair

By Muhammad Hamid Zaman / October 17, 2002

Were the elections in Pakistan rigged? I don’t think so. Though there is a lot of noise about certain “irregularities” in the election, the facts point in the opposite direction. The first striking feature of the recent elections in Pakistan is the failure of one party or an alliance of parties to gain a majority...

Preempt problems in Iraq

By George Anesi / October 14, 2002

Anyone who is entirely against war with Iraq must not have known anyone in the air or on the ground in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. Those who knew someone who perished that fateful day have felt the true horror and consequence of paying no attention to a growing threat that seemed...

Why we should trust Bush

By John Lovejoy / October 14, 2002

For months I was equivocating on my position regarding war with Iraq, and when I got to school here, I thought it was a bad idea. Recently, though, I have decided to endorse whatever actions President Bush decides to take. What is the reason for this sudden change of heart? I have now realized that...

A recollection of David Grene

By Ben Dueholm / October 14, 2002

News of Professor David Grene’s death on September 10 shocked me, despite his advanced age and manifest frailty. I took his last two classes at the University in the fall and winter of last year. Although he could do nothing unaided, he taught every week. Although his sight had deteriorated to the point that he...

Vouchers take away freedom

By Ben Walsh / October 14, 2002

In his article “Arguing for School Vouchers,” John Lovejoy grossly misrepresents the opinions of those who oppose school vouchers. He also made factually incorrect statements. Lovejoy’s assertion that “it should be obvious that [the First Amendment] applies only to Congress” is misleading and incorrect. The establishment clause of the First Amendment, along with almost every...

Worry in the Washington Area

By Justin Palmer / October 14, 2002

As most of my friends will tell you, I have a divine death wish. That is, I like to go to places that the Divine Hand of Providence usually plans on smiting in some way. Normally I’m able to stay one step ahead of catastrophe, leaving San Francisco the day before an earthquake, and driving...