Puh-lease. "On Hildebrand Avenue, one end supports a war; the other says no." Welcome to the land of the San Antonio Expressed-Views. "On one side, President Bush can't be trusted. On the other side, he is respected.

"A snapshot of this microcosm, which runs 4.1 miles along the city's North Side, reveals how deeply the city is divided about a war that seems inevitable."

This is, man... BAD. Here's a taste: "Though some students have accused the Bush administration of sparking an unnecessary crisis with Iraq, Arndt and his buddy back the president." "Hulkko, who once practiced shooting rocket launchers at tanks while he was in the Finnish army, wants Saddam out because of his abysmal human rights record." Those two were students at Incarnate Word University.

"'It's a necessary evil,' Hulkko said.

"Up the road, where Hildebrand becomes a shaded thoroughfare lined with expensive homes, Wanda Rohm felt the same."

That's all from the rich-people section of the article. On to the not-rich.

"What about stories of people in Iraq suffering under a brutal regime?

"'They live under a dictatorship,' Galdamez said. 'They're used to doing what they have to do. How would we be able to help them? I don't see the reason why we should help them.'"

"Across the street, Elizabeth Martinez, 18, cradled her 1-year-old daughter as she got ready for work.

"'I think it's stupid,' the former Jefferson High School student said of the war.

There's much, much more. I guess it's one of the E-N's experiments with balanced reporting, where you have a little journalistic Jiminy Cricket to help you decide between the compassionate poor people and the callous rich people. Like telling both sides of why we shouldn't go to war. Unfortunately, the helpful descriptions of the callous rich people don't exactly jibe with the words of the callous rich people--likewise the compassionate poor people.