On May 1, 2003, the sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln were delayed getting to port after a 10-month voyage because President George W. Bush, who was scheduled to make a speech declaring the end of major combat operations in Iraq on the aircraft carrier, was sleeping. Unfortunately, this incident was only one in a disturbing pattern in Bush's disregard for the needs of America's military. Although most voting members of the military are expected to support the president in his reelection bid this fall, the president has not earned their vote.

The sight of protesters each day in front of the Planned Parenthood clinic on East 29th Street in Bryan is hardly breaking news. Each individual has his or her own method: some hold signs, some pray and some offer alternatives to those entering the clinic.

Star Wars. We all know and love it. Well, not so much now as evidenced by the dismal failure of the last two movies, but that's in the past. Now, "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" by famed RPG makers Bioware is expected to redeem the franchise. Set 4,000 years before Episode One, the Republic is under assault from a massive Sith armada with seemingly limitless resources.