by Mario Hernandez Daily Lobo columnist In a trip that started Friday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is traveling throughout the Middle East, meeting with political leaders. Although most countries on the list wouldn't raise much of an eyebrow, one country - Syria - caught the attention of not only the Bush administration, but also the mass media.
by Mario Hernandez Daily Lobo columnist Society has always told us that love is all you need. It seems, however, that love isn't all you need. To be legally wed in the U.S., you need more than love - you need a man and a woman. While still a minority, gays are more apparent and more abundant these days.
Since the dawn of civilization, there has been the need for government.
Of all industrialized nations, the United States is alone in a few categories. One of these categories is capital punishment. We are the only modernized and civilized country on the planet that still executes people.
by Mario Hernandez Daily Lobo columnist Although the beat is addictive and the music moving, the song "Won't Get Fooled Again" by the Who is not just meant for dancing. It has a political message that cannot be overlooked and, strangely, has relevance to our political climate.
by Mario Hernandez Daily Lobo columnist I have always thought the human race's greatest gift was free will and the ability to let free expression bloom. However, it seems in recent times that this gift and our ideas are being stifled. We are being told what to think, what we can read, what we can write and what we should and should not say.
We are all hypocrites, every last one of us. Every person in every country of the world has been guilty of not following his or her word. This is human nature - nothing more and nothing less. However, hypocrisy can take a violent spin toward becoming overwhelmingly negative.
We have all heard the saying that the only sure things in this life are death and taxes. However, in my opinion, one thing is equally certain - the government's distraction of the populous with affairs of the unimportant.
No, you didn't miss anything on ESPN, and no sports statistic came crumbling to the ground - all of this excitement took place on C-SPAN. I am speaking, of course, of President Bush's streak of consecutively signed congressional bills.
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