The James Logan Courier

By Trudy Rubin
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)

This week's financial implosion has shifted attention away from foreign policy in the presidential contest.

Neither candidate has been inspiring in this arena. But we have only two choices. So who can best dig America out from the mess President Bush's foreign policy has made?

John McCain is campaigning on experience; one can only wish Barack Obama had more. Yet the next president will confront global challenges far different from those with which the aging Arizonan is familiar.

By Sequoia Sinclair, Courier Staff Writer

Homo, faggot, queer… that’s gay.

We hear those words more often than we should. Homosexuals are teased, put down, insulted and misrepresented in school and general society, simply because their sexuality differs from those of the familiar “straight” population. While there has been more tolerance of gays in society in recent years, the public views of gays and lesbians are still degrading and dehumanizing.

Yes, despite improvements, magazines, television, and the internet, still promote a revolting view of the gay “lifestyle.” Stereotypes of homosexual men as effeminate and hypersexual, or lesbians as orgiastic sluts, still dominate.

By Amna Humayon, Courier Daily Editor

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on the first day of Shawwal (the tenth month of the Islamic calendar) and following the month of Ramadan. Muslims mark the beginning of this month with the sighting of the new crescent. Followers give thanks to Allah for helping them fulfill their spiritual obligations prior to Eid. It is also a day of remembrance as Muslims glorify Allah and His favors. Furthermore, Eid is a day of forgiveness because Muslims sincerely and whole-heartedly pray for forgiveness of their sins.