Loren Williams

January 31, 2005

Well-Researched Arguments Are Much Sweeter to Win, Alec

By Loren Williams

Alec Mouhibian, I have to object to your last column ("Wake Up, Progressives: History Refutes Anti-Globalization Pipe Dreams," Daily Nexus, Jan. 24). I have come to accept that I will almost inevitably disagree with you ...

January 9, 2004

Government Clowns Scare America

By Loren Williams

With the United States on Code Orange, now is a great time to consider the role that fear plays in public policy. You could argue that it doesn't. There are, after all, no laws against spiders, ninjas or clowns.

November 20, 2003

Gender Equality as Elusive as Feminism

By Loren Williams

There seems to be a lot of confusion in this country about feminism. Even experts on the subject seem to have a difficult time explaining it. Experts Phyllis Schlafly and Anita Perez Ferguson both admitted in Tuesday's d...

October 23, 2003

Marriage Protection Week Is a Time to Fight Love

By Loren Williams

I hope that everyone had an excellent Marriage Protection Week. Devoting an entire week to celebrating love and encouraging it to blossom is a wonderful idea.

October 7, 2003

Pornographers: The Champions of American Values

By Loren Williams

I'm appalled at the lack of civility being shown to an upstanding segment of our community: pornographers. These paragons of America's defining value - freedom - are inexplicably reviled despite ceaseless contributions t...

May 13, 2003

Sound Arguments for Earth

By Loren Williams

This is in response to Justin Ruhge's column (Daily Nexus, "University Idealism Is Anything But Right," May 8). Far from being a secret communist movement, environmentalism is the principle that all actions that we under...

February 5, 2003

Absence of Evidence Should Cut It for the American Government

By Loren Williams

Anti-war activists have faced derision for not explaining in detail why they oppose war with Iraq. It's a clever evasion; the question that needs to be answered is not "Why not war?"

November 8, 2002

Russia’s Take on Terror is no Model for Our Own

By Loren Williams

It is hypocritical of American media to be critical of Russia's handling of their most recent terrorist attack but simultaneously support America's war on terror.

May 23, 2002

Use Political Powers to Help, Not to Cause More Problems

By Loren Williams

Local politics are great. You and I have much more influence here, where our voices aren't drowned out by millions of others, as in state and national matters.

January 29, 2002

U.N. Has a Right to Judge POW Treatment

By Loren Williams

The recent criticism of the United Nations by Henry Sarria ( "U.S.'s Treatment of Taliban Doesn't Warrant Criticism") is expressive and emotionally persuasive. Its only flaw is the complete lack of factual reference.

November 21, 2001

Stop Your Complaining and Whining; Back Up Your Beliefs

By Loren Williams

I've heard variations on "America - love it or leave it" far too often recently. It's amazing that people can claim to be patriotic and simultaneously be so ignorant of the values for which our country stands.