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.
Opinions on opinions
Honestly, I don’t know why people lose their shit over Nutella. I just don’t think the chocolate flavored nut butter tastes all that great.
Diversity is a bane, benefit to society
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked the question: “What does diversity mean to you?” And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the response: “An old, old wooden ship, that was used during the Civil War era.”
Because if no one is safe, everyone is
Our nation has been through extensive dialogue on the role of guns and gun rights in our daily lives. I have heard endless arguments from the plethora (I love the word plethora; this has been a public service announcement) of sides, such as advocating a ban on handguns or positing increased numbers of guns carried at public schools in the interest of safety.
Cars (and guns) are dangerous
While I was in high school, a friend of mine said to me, “Cars are pretty damn dangerous.” It didn’t require any special powers of observation to see this, and so I replied, “They are, indeed.” Sensing that I wasn’t looking at it in the same way, my friend continued “Think about it, we’ve made it necessary that we use these two-ton steel blocks, and move them at speeds that consistently result in death or injury” (Car accidents cause approximately 30,000 deaths in the U.S. each year). He was right, but it wasn’t anything driver’s ed hadn’t taught me already. I knew/know the risk of driving, and try to follow the rules of the road to avoid aforementioned death or injury.