http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine Home of Berkeley's Conservative Voice Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:36:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [polldaddy poll=3899473] http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/september-patriot-poll-do-you-support-or-oppose-proposition-19/ 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 escalating budget crisis. As the dire circumstances become glaringly obvious, students need to collectively refocus ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/conflicts-of-interest-drive-costs-up-and-quality-down-in-higher-education/ 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 Administrative State, revealed in her testimony that she doesn’t think much of the idea of ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/the-minuteman-crossing-the-conservative-wires-3/ 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 of understanding of the plan’s necessity, and of the actual details. Many incoming freshmen to ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/what-the-32-fee-increases-really-means/ 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 by appeasing those that seek your demise. Peace will occur when both sides are willing ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/peace-by-piece/ 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 fire. Professors and graduate student unions claimed that the courses would lack the quality of ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/educational-innovation-at-uc-benefits-all/ 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 time! – on Proposition 19, an initiative that would drastically reshape California drug policy. Opinion ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/under-new-management/ 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 we like it or not. Social conservatives will argue that legalization will unravel the fabric ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/counter-point-proposition-19-does-more-harm-than-good/ 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’ BLUE glare, …, For the land of the freeeeee, and the home of the BEARS!!!” ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/cal-rendition-of-the-national-anthem-inappropriate/ 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 natural experiments on a society-wide level. In this case, though, there is ample evidence of ... http://www.californiapatriot.org/magazine/2010/09/point-prohibition-insanity-trying-the-same-thing-expecting-different-results/