Students across the country are having difficulty paying for the high cost of higher education. At the University of California, students face particular challenges in the wake of major tuition hikes due to the state’s …

1. So Much For Checks And Balances

While Elena Kagan’s confirmation this summer didn’t change the balance of political power on the Court, it will shift the Court’s legal philosophy. Kagan, a long-time supporter of the …

Berkeley students are painfully aware of the Regents of University of California’s approval of a 32% tuition increase last November, and of the widespread, unnecessary rioting that followed. These protests displayed many students’ complete lack …

Since 1967, Israel has promoted the “land for peace” strategy to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians. As we have learned in the last 43 years, this strategy is flawed. Peace will not be gained …

Revolutionary ideas rarely come unopposed. That’s why it was no surprise that almost immediately after Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley suggested establishing an online degree program for the University of California the suggestion came under …

Compatriots! It is my pleasure to head off the new school year as the Patriot’s Editor-in-Chief, and I look forward to leading an excellent staff.
This issue features a Point-Counterpoint – the first in a long …

Pragmatists will argue that prohibition just doesn’t work. The Big Government crowd will argue that the State’s finances are in such dire straits that we might as well tax marijuana, which will be consumed whether …

It’s a Cal football tradition. After the band concludes playing its traditional pump up pregame show, it leads the stadium, Cal and visiting fans alike, in a rendition of the national anthem: “And the rockets’ …

A sane and rational drug policy should be based on the best estimate of the relative costs and benefits of prohibition versus legalization. Usually, a precise cost/benefit analysis is impossible, given the inability to conduct …