As nearly all of us in the College have experienced, one’s 18th birthday is a mixed blessing. Yes, you are legally an adult, but the immediate privileges are scarce. Contracts that actually mean something can be signed, cigarettes can be bought, but one of the most important consequences is often ignored: We can vote. “But...

Sunday morning talk shows are a chance to throw around the same poll-tested accusations and recycled quips in front of an audience that acknowledges the shallowness of the rhetoric, but understands the realities of the political game and watches for the P.R. spectacle. These shows tend to converge on one idea each week, presenting current...

By my count, President Bush referred to “children” 15 times in his State of the Union address last week. Most references were in regards to Social Security. Many from across the political spectrum have denounced this plan as not economically sound. Yet Bush is more concerned with political victory than sound economic policy. But that...

The Super Bowl used to mean two things to the majority of us: Commercials and the inevitable analysis of the commercials the following day. Yes, there was a football game and a half-time show featuring either an aging ’70s has-been rocker or Britney Spears’s little sister’s best friend’s brother-in-law. But it’s the commercials you remember....

What the Democratic National Committee (DNC) needs is a swift kick in the pants from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. Don’t get me wrong. I was as tired and hung-over last November 3, like all of you who did not vote to elect Karl Rove for another four years. But I have never...