Opinion

Visiting Pakistan when he was just 19 years old, Murat Kurnaz was akin to a UC Irvine student studying abroad, as he came to the country to learn about the Islamic faith directly rather than staying in Germany, where he resided.

America's collective wide ass has increased food portions and pushed the structural limits of pants. Now these wide posteriors are reshaping a classic ride from my childhood.

In a recent Washington Post interview, Senator Hillary Clinton made it clear that she has no intention of giving up her bid for the presidency, saying "I am committed to competing everywhere that there is an election."

If you're an eBay seller, your jaw probably dropped when you saw the latest, most heinous update to eBay's fee structure and feedback system.

As a public-school teacher, Wayne Brightly had an above-average salary of $59,000 per year.

Capitalism is destroying itself from the inside out.

Sorrow and terror swept the state after a Palestinian gunman murdered eight students and wounded 40 others in a Jewish school in Jerusalem on March 6.

Thumbs down all around: The American Family Association; Attorney General Michael Mukasey; MTV.

Doing the McNasty: "I think, judging by the amount of press representatives here and also by the integration of your previous political endorsements...

Here is a quick summary of the past week's events in the Democratic race for the presidency. Hillary Clinton either has a really bad memory or is a really bad liar when it comes to remembering a trip to Bosnia she took as First Lady. Barack Obama is still friends with a so-called "hate speech" pastor. Also, Obama has released his tax returns, while Clinton is still stalling. The media has played five-to-10-second sound bites of the candidates' speeches on the economy. This is the news that stood out front-and-center this week in the Democratic race, but what should have stood out?

From social science classes to supermarket magazines, "gender" serves as the foundation for countless forms of analysis. Yet this proscription has not gone uncontested.

Douchebag of the Week: James Carville.