Perspectives

ELI SAYEGHStaff Writer The next time you order a double-double from In-N-Out Burger, you may literally be getting a double. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that milk and meat from cloned cattle, pigs and goats are safe to eat. With this decision, food producers, markets and restaurants have been given the green light to sell food products from cloned … [Read more...] about Consumers should have ‘cloned’ option

Letter to the editor This is in response to the Perspectives piece by Mr. Marc Choquette regarding overnight camping in Malibu. As one of the lead vocal opponents to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy's (SMMC) plans to put overnight camping in the small box canyons and Charmlee Park, I think Mr. Choquette needed to do a lot more homework that just reading other newspapers … [Read more...] about Writer in need of new ‘perspective’ on camping controversy

RACHEL JOHNSONStaff Writer Primary season pressed on for both Democrats and Republicans as they squared off yet again in Nevada last weekend. Though the primaries took place in the same state, they couldn’t have been any more different. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D—N.Y., won a close contest over Sen. Barack Obama, D—Ill., (John Edwards placed a distant third) while Mitt Romney was … [Read more...] about Voter demographics, candidate strategies add interest to primaries

Dr. DAN CALDWELLDistinguished Professor of Political Science I have worked for a Democratic presidential candidate in every election since 1976. I have worked from the grassroots level as a precinct worker to serving on the Clinton-Gore transition team. I worked for the election of Bill Clinton in 1992 and again in 1996. But I do not support Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2007, and … [Read more...] about Obama: best choice to unite America