The James Logan Courier

By Jack Z. Smith
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

When it comes to the red-hot issue of global warming, there's a 10,000-pound elephant in the room that the news media and politicians are largely ignoring: the world's unremitting population growth.

The top authority on global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released a major report on Feb. 2. It concluded for the first time that the evidence for global warming is "unequivocal."

By Ray Dequina, Courier Opinion Editor

Before I begin, a word: I'm the son of immigrants. My parents are not natural born United States citizens. They came to this country to escape the oppressive regime of President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines during the 1980's and struggled just the same as any other immigrant family to earn their keep in this nation. I deeply value my family's sacrifices as they came to this country with nary a dollar to their names and only a smattering of English in their brains.

By John Chau, Courier Managing Editor

As of 2-20-2007, the federal appeal court of the District of Columbia upheld a key provision in President Bush’s counter-terrorism plans, declaring 2-1 that civilian courts no longer have the ability to contest whether the U.S. military is holding suspect terrorists against American law.

Editor's Note: Technical difficulties prevented The Courier from publishing the following article on the proper day, so we've modified it slightly and running it now.

By Ray Dequina, Courier Opinion Editor

Ahh, Valentine's Day. It is on that day that gifts are exchanged, sweet nothings are whispered, and teenagers try desperately to express their love in its most pure form without having to deal with the consequences of a broken prophylactic.

Beautiful, isn't it?

McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

The following editorial appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Sunday, Feb. 11:

President Bush claims "Iran is providing material support for attacks on American troops." He has presented no evidence, but implies that the Iranian government is killing American soldiers in Iraq, an act of war.

All of this has an eerily familiar ring. The American people should be skeptical.

Iran does pose a potential threat to American interests. But given all we know about claims made to justify the Iraq invasion, there is every reason for Congress to question every claim the Bush administration makes about Iran.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

The following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Monday, Feb. 5:

The energy proposals that President Bush offered last month in his State of the Union message are, in some cases, modest steps in the right direction. On the whole, however, they generally are disappointing and don't put enough stress on greater energy conservation.

Bush's proposal to raise fuel economy standards is too muddled and indefinite, particularly considering that he has foolishly neglected during the first six years of his presidency to support substantially higher standards.

By Brian Darling
The Heritage Foundation (MCT)
Get ready for some strident debate next month. Congress is preparing to tackle immigration reform.

Meeting President Bush's challenge to do so "without animosity and without amnesty" will require policymakers to settle four critical questions: (1) Does the White House's current approach resemble amnesty? (2) What will it cost taxpayers to allow illegal immigrants and their relatives to become citizens? (3) How will reform affect national security? (4) What will a Democrat-controlled House and Senate present to President Bush?

Before they begin debating, lawmakers should consider some recent political history.

By Fermin Sierra, Courier Staff Writer


Thieves! Charlatans! Rapists of humanity and morality! Now that I have had time to vent a little, I’m free to get the story off of my chest. As most of you have noticed, since the beginning of the New Year, the powers that be at James Logan have been enforcing a policy which requires students who drive to school to possess a permit to the school parking lot.

While is not much of a story, or that big of a deal in general (though the pass does cost five dollars), it turns out that some people have found it difficult to follow the rules. These criminals, these unsightly pimples on the face of authority have decided that the rules just aren’t good enough for them.