On Feb. 27, I saw the letter by Michael Scully who offers a curious critique of Marxist-Humanists for wearing fatigues and protesting the war at the same time. In this bizarre and unexplained analysis, Scully raises a question as to whether Marxist-Humanists...

In regards to the economic analysis of sociology professors Forest and Harry, I still don't get it. Harry's March 1 letter describes the coalition's victory as one in which "businessmen profit," raises the shibboleth of "blood for oil," and criticizes...

Now that the Gulf War appears to be ending, it is time for the American people to reflect back and do the serious work of analysis concerning this and any war. Those who have felt criticisms should not be voiced while we are fighting need to join others...

Congratulations to Thomas Goetz (Feb. 25). It's about time someone acknowledged the wholesale robbery by our student fee system. While taxpayers and students both refuse to pick up the costs of higher education, our leaders happily squander millions of...

The Washington Post If the only tool you have is a hammer, some sage once said, then all problems look like nails. That witticism may shed some light on the racial anger that has become commonplace on American college campuses—and in much of the American...

There seems to be a misunderstanding of terms and some wacky logic in Alan Rhodes' letter Feb. 28. A border dispute is a disagreement in where the lines between nations are drawn on a map. Since the United States doesn't border on either Iraq or Kuwait,...

In the kitchen of a restaurant in a western Chicago suburb, an assistant chef motioned to a busboy and asked him for more clean plates. The busboy said he would open a new box of plates, but asked why the chef didn't see if one of the dishwashers had...

For politicians who lost their seats in the November elections, losing might have been better than winning. "Retiring" from public government jobs means annual pensions—and hefty ones at that. For example, when former Gov. James Thompson retires in...

Some residence hall residents have found an effective way to get their message heard when other doors are apparently closed. About 30 to 35 residents of floor 6-B in Stevenson Towers South protested what they felt were unfair Student Housing Services...

What is the purpose of a Student Association referendum? Apparently, it is to find out how students feel and then simply ignore it. At Sunday night's meeting, the SA senate committed $15,000 in student fees for the long-awaited Martin Luther King Jr....

I am writing for the benefit of any die-hard "Twin Peaks" viewers who are as disappointed as I am about its cancellation. A letter-writing campaign can bring the show back. Letters may be addressed to: Robert Iqer, 4151 Prospect Avenue, Hollywood, CA...

The Boston Globe This doctor, Sheldon Segal, expected Norplant to generate a controversy sooner or later. It was the "sooner" that took him by surprise. On the very morning the FDA approved the long-lasting contraceptive implant, Segal found himself in...