Opinions: Death and taxes
There are bad days and there are bad days. April 15 is both ... and then some.

Historically speaking, we've seen nothing but miserable things on April 15:
In 1865, Honest Abe — President Abraham Lincoln — died. Since that fateful day, nobody has been honest again … ever again.

In 1912, the RMS Titanic sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, with a human loss of 1,503 — this is believed to include famous actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Opinions: Letters to the editor

Opinions: Humiliating people online is wrong, even for local governments
WALLACE: Avondale, a city about half an hour west of ASU's Tempe campus, now posts pictures online of people arrested for and suspected of shoplifting. This practice has been set up as a deterrent and is certainly an advancement well beyond Maricopa County's policy of posting mug shots of people convicted of DUI online as a punishment.

The suspected shoplifters in Avondale, whose faces have been slapped on the Web, haven't even been convicted of the crime for which they are being punished. They are suspects — in the United States.

Opinions: Intervention was needed
KING: The recent Texas events involving the isolated polygamist sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) are sure to raise a number of questions in people's minds. These relate to the nature of polygamy, the Mormon Church and the question of how one can define marriage, if one can.

The questions pertaining to polygamy are important because they are subject to manipulation both by askers and responders. People wrongly ask whether polygamy is universally wrong — a loaded question that skews the overall discussion from that point on.

Opinions: Action turns to overreaction
CLEVERLY: Since we entered the 20th century, America has grown from an isolationist society to the most powerful country on this Earth. It's ironic to think that, for a short amount of time, our government wanted our country to always remain neutral; however, when World War I broke out, our country grew into the big brother feel — and I'm not talking about the type of "big brother" from the book "1984," I'm talking about the type who will always step up for his younger brother if he's being bullied.

For a while, these groups of people would plead for our help, and we would intervene. This would then be followed by praise. However, as times change, we have to ask ourselves, as a nation, do we want to interfere with conflicts?