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Recent Supreme Court Decision Rules in Favor of Freedom: A Closer Look at Citizens United v. FEC
February 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Recent Supreme Court Decision Rules in Favor of Freedom: A Closer Look at Citizens United v. FEC

Amid the clamor of Sen. Brown’s stunning upset in Massachusetts against Martha Coakley, the Supreme Court issued their judgment of the landmark case Citizens United v. FEC. The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act, better …

Conserving the Republican Party: Some Advice from a Libertarian
February 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Conserving the Republican Party: Some Advice from a Libertarian

Republican Scott Brown’s recent victory for the Massachusetts senatorial seat left vacant after Ted Kennedy’s death has excited many conservatives for good reason. After years of being shunned by the American majority, it seems like …

Why Professor Lakoff is Wrong: UC Berkeley Linguistics Professor George Lakoff Sees “Two-Thirds Rules” as “Minority Rule”
February 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Why Professor Lakoff is Wrong: UC Berkeley Linguistics Professor George Lakoff Sees “Two-Thirds Rules” as “Minority Rule”

George Lakoff has a way with words. The UC Berkeley linguistics professor has spent a great deal of his career commenting on the ways that conservatives have used rhetoric to frame the political landscape to …

More of the Same: Schwarzengger’s Autopilot Folly — Governor’s Plan to Guarantee UC Funding is Same Thinking that Got us into this Mess
February 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
More of the Same: Schwarzengger’s Autopilot Folly — Governor’s Plan to Guarantee UC Funding is Same Thinking that Got us into this Mess

As UC Berkeley students enjoyed their winter breaks, they may have noticed in their inboxes a curious e-mail from Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. Most probably deleted it without reading. A shame — it was more delightful …

Students Should Be Free to Bear Arms: Violent Campus Crime would be Abated with Student’s Right to Carry
February 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Students Should Be Free to Bear Arms: Violent Campus Crime would be Abated with Student’s Right to Carry

The Daily Californian’s front-page story on January 25 was on crime in and around the UC Berkeley campus. They report that since a peak in 2006, robberies around the “campus area” had been steadily declining, …

Genocide Awareness Project: Brings Shocking Display to UC Berkeley
December 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | One Comment
Genocide Awareness Project: Brings Shocking Display to UC Berkeley

On 26 and 27 October 2009, the focus of the debate over abortion came to rest at UC Berkeley. In an unprecedented move, a monolithic display consisting of graphic images of aborted human fetuses was …

New Free Speech Movement, This Time Takes Over Buildings: Havoc Wreaked to Keep Students Away from Class
December 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | One Comment
New Free Speech Movement, This Time Takes Over Buildings: Havoc Wreaked to Keep Students Away from Class

It seems the public school system, for all its supposed value as a driver of economic progress, has nevertheless failed in instilling students with the ability to make practical, ethical, or legal judgments. Over three …

A Blueprint for Real Health Care and Financing Reform
October 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
A Blueprint for Real Health Care and Financing Reform

The American political scene has been in turmoil over the past few months as the Democrat-controlled Congress addresses health care. The system, in general, has some very real problems that go unaddressed amid the din …

Milk No Longer Limited to the School Cafeteria: ‘Harvey Milk Day’ would Glorify Man of Questionable Moral Values.
October 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Milk No Longer Limited to the School Cafeteria: ‘Harvey Milk Day’ would Glorify Man of Questionable Moral Values.

Since February of 2009, a fight has been brewing in Sacramento and across the state over the matter of SB 572, a bill which seeks to establish an annual commemoration of the nation’s first openly …

The Republicans’ Dangerous Foray
October 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
The Republicans’ Dangerous Foray

With California’s legislature chronically unable to balance the budget, the state has been financing itself largely through bond sales. Of course, the legislature’s poor fiscal policies and stifling economic regulations ensure that future generations will …