Something’s different with you. Barack Obama campaigned for “Change” last year, and it’s doubtless that you’ve done just that over the past few years. I don’t recognize you anymore, and I don’t really seem to …

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There are three key issues in the health care debate that often go unquestioned, and when they are questioned, they are evaded, ignored, or dismissed. The first is the notion that “the profits of health …

The state of the Second Amendment is strong. Historians may look back on last year’s Heller v. Washington, DC as an inflection point in favor of gun rights. The 5-4 decision affirmed that the Constitution …

Will Smelko, the new president of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley, spoke with Editor-in-Chief Ann Marie Jelacich about his goals for the upcoming year.
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Last May, the Board of Regents of the University of California announced a 9.3% system-wide fee increase in response to the budget crisis the university is facing. This announcement was followed shortly by reports that …

Critics of the United States, both American and foreign, have constantly focused their attacks on the American foreign policy in the Middle East – most notably with the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. More …

Picture this: The United States is in the midst of a financial crisis. Businesses both large and small across the country are shutting their doors for good. Unemployment steadily rises as people find it harder …

Normally when I read, write, or even think about economics, my mind is full of nothing but glee. To illustrate: I have, on more than one occasion, stayed up past 3 AM to discuss monetary …

Although he did not place great focus on it during the campaign due to its sensitive nature, the issue of the Guantanamo Bay detention center was among the first that President Barack Obama sought to …