Ian Billings/Staff Photographer “I am more concerned with the exorbitant amount of money we spend on each inmate per year, as well as the inability of the prison system to prepare inmates for life back in society.” Zachary Antoyan [follow…
Job creation isn't a sufficient justification
Ian Billings/Staff Photographer “At what point has the creation of jobs become the trump card of selling points for us to not fully evaluate a proposal where job creation is a secondary benefit of the plan?” Zachary Antoyan [follow id…
Occupy finally finds direction
It was easy for a lot of different people to chastise the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Most media outlets were instantly skeptical, Republicans finally had a liberal splinter group they could berate to take the heat off of their Tea Party, and even Stephen Colbert tried to provide some directional aid.
Good, even for profit, is good
Several weeks ago, in this liberal column, I laid some groundwork on how companies could be part of the solution to large political, social and economic problems that exist today. Most of the time I find that they are the problem, but that really isn’t true, nor is it fair.
Net neutrality could shape our future
Sometimes, the most mundane and seemingly boring political fights end up being the most important and can affect you in the most significant ways.
False perceptions hurt SLO community
Difficult discussion incoming.
I like to think of myself as a part of the San Luis Obispo community.
Columnist pens open letter to Chris Christie
Dear New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, I’ve been hearing a lot about you from the other side of the country for a few years now.
Representation limits our flexibility
This past week while I pitched my tent in line at Starbucks in the University Union, I noticed the television on the wall was, like clockwork, playing one of those national news stations that isn’t NPR.
I don’t want to talk about the shutdown
But I don’t wanna talk about the shutdownnnnn.
This past summer, I worked at a camp; it wasn’t any specific type of camp, it was just summer camp.
What if ‘The Purge’ was real?
“The Purge,” a movie that came out in the summer of 2013, is not a good movie. But my editor tells me I’m supposed to be writing something political, so a movie review isn’t exactly in the forecast.
Meaningful political discourse comes from full range of opinions
Sometimes I sit in front of my computer and stare at my blinking cursor, hoping the dim glow and ominous blank page will provide some sort of divine inspiration for my articles. Believe it or not, the most difficult part of writing the liberal column is doing justice to the liberal perspective, while at the same time not falling prey to the pitfalls that accompany such a position. And there are many.