On Capitol Hill, lawmakers, under political pressure, have decided to draft new laws to alleviate a problem. But legislation isn't the remedy.,For the...
If one needs a reminder of how warped and meaningless today's political language tends to be, look no further than the Connecticut Senate race, where Democrat...
That place is Mississippi, and, unfortunately, it has been left behind by Washington.Allison surrendered a portion of her spring break to aid in the reconstruction...
Liberal pundit Michael Kinsley once remarked that a political gaffe is what happens when a politician tells the truth. This campaign season, there has...
This incident, as reported in both The Boston Globe and Boston Herald, went as follows: the man, Scott Capella, was sleeping beneath a tree when he was...
There were 75 shooting homicides in Boston in 2005-the most in a decade. And the violence has become a trend: 74 people were slain last year, and so far...
I thought perhaps this trend would change, since March was national Women's History Month. Sadly, it did not.,You would never know Emerson College was...
They run toward the back of the paper, if at all, wedged between ads and without photos, They will certainly not make it to CNN's nightly newscasts.,They...
Addressing the great host of nations, he spoke candidly about the world's "commonalities" as well as of the many issues that now divide it.With boldness...
Emerson College's Organizational Fair, held each September for the benefit of freshmen and transfer students, presents a plethora of to-be-opened doors...
The 2006 and 2008 elections are now on the radar screen and we will soon have to decide whom to support in their effort to fix President Bush's mess. Americans...
When Paul Haggis' Crash won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year, there was a fair amount of angst on the part of right-wing critics and pundits...
"When I had my first conversation with one of the soldiers, I was in my car and he asked me to pull over," he said.,Three years ago, Tariq Arif, then 23...
As a senior primed to graduate in less than two months, I anticipate seeing my alma mater excel in the future and I hope this school takes advantage of...
Last week, after reading The Beacon, I reluctantly felt compelled to respond to an opinion article titled, "Going Green the Smart Way." A plague of misinformation...
With a spate of scandals breaking over his head and the press finally scrutinizing his atypical style and associations, it seems Obama has been knocked...
Five years after coalition forces stormed and seized Baghdad, the conflict still lacks what Vietnam got with Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter--relevant...
This year, I celebrate my silver anniversary in teaching. Over the past 25 years, I believe I've had the best job in the world. Listening to voices of...
