I understand that whole campaigns can be maligned by an expensive haircut, and Hil doesn’t want to isolate the common man, but enough is enough. Plus, besides photo-ops with orphans, what do first ladies do besides get designer clothing for state balls and diplomatic visits? Exactly.

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We’re not going to comment on the military’s current state of morale (see: “up-armored vehicles”) or discipline (see: “Abu Ghraib”); however, we don’t think the gays pose any more of a threat to the military than they do to our public school system, marriages, cartoon characters, scouting organizations, national security, football teams or dance clubs. This childishly mindless drivel is ridiculous and needs to stop now.

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The Serbia-Kosovo standoff will certainly not be resolved in the editorial pages. Aalong current lines of thinking, however, it can’t be resolved anywhere else either. But the situation is simple for one a situation so complicated.

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When I dug my toes into the red dirt of Kenya’s lush earth, I could never have imagined that the same piece of land would be stained with the blood of my brothers and sisters a mere eight months later.

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There was no “Ode to Joy” last week in the Gaza Strip, when hundreds of thousands of human beings poured into Egypt over a broken segment of a newer wall. These new Berliners do not command the same kind of media sympathy as their European counterparts. Because of this, they do not rush beyond the walls of their cage hoping to win the hearts of a world that has already so coolly abandoned them. Instead, they rush blindly into Egypt to spend their pennies on basic commodities long denied to them by their Israeli overlords.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. — None of the Jayhawks wanted to look, but the party was on. Kansas State won 84-75 on Wednesday night, its first home victory against in its rival in 25 years, and the celebration was starting. Fans, who had screamed and booed in a ravenous, vengeful tone for 40 minutes, lifted Michael Beasley, their basketball savior, on their shoulders.

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