House Editorial: Banning the banned book display

At the end of September, the American Library Association celebrated its 24th annual Banned Book Week, which the organization claims “reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.” More...

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It: Brews, beans and bad moods
By Traci Cox, staff writer

It’s a worldwide pandemic. It affects adults, teenagers and the elderly alike. Ramifications of this highly addictive stimulant result in third-degree burns, car accidents, lawsuits and tremors. What exactly is this horror, which runs our lives, fuels a multi-billion-dollar industry and provides the scent for dozens of home and beauty products? The frenemy is coffee, comrades, a good old cup of joe, a handle of mud, a dark, steaming hot vat of black beauty. Boy, am I thirsty. More...

Breeze Perspectives: Webb is a racist
By Anthony Riedel, contributing writer

According to the Washington Post last week, a former acquaintance of Democratic Senate candidate James Webb came out saying that while Webb was a freshman at the University of Southern California in the early 1960s, he and members of his ROTC unit “would hop into their cars, and would go down to Watts (a black neighborhood) … they would take the rifles down there. They would call them (the “n-word”), point the rifles at them, pull the triggers and then drive off laughing. One night, some guys caught them and beat … them. And that was the end of that.” More...

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