House Editorial: There's hope for the Hokies

We have all seen, heard or read the news. In fact, the news has been inescapable the past few days. Television channels, Web sites, newspapers and radio shows have needlessly belabored the tragedy that Virginia Tech experienced earlier this week. More...

The Best of What's Around: ERASE racISM
By Craig Finkelstein, senior writer

The phrase from my childhood used to work so well: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” However, while the “sticks and stones” aspect of racism may no longer be as prevalent, the “words will never hurt me” part has magnified to make up for the loss of the surface-level part of racism. More...

Breeze Perspectives: Hey Lou Dobbs, this is our country on drugs
By Steve Borowsky, contributing writer

For decades, a silent war has torn the United States apart. Propaganda, hysteria, manipulation of facts, partial reporting and shoddy science has fueled the War on Drugs since President Nixon declared drugs to be “public enemy number one.” More...

Breeze Perspectives: Defeatism can't be trendy
By Kathryn Manning, contributing writer

Americans sure love trends.  Whatever is “in” or fashionable or mainstream is at the top of our list.  But the current fad among much of the American public, as well as many of our elected leaders, is much more disturbing than the resurfacing of popped-collars. There seems to be a trend of defeatism in this country, and not only is it fairly uncharacteristic of this nation, it’s extremely dangerous as well. More...

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