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Daily Archives: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Republican civil war
The Devil's Advocate
“If the Republican Party cannot win in this environment,” declared conservative luminary George Will in September, “it has to get out of politics and find another business.” Fox News host and Tea Party darling Laura Ingraham agreed, telling Republicans, “if you can’t beat Barack Obama with this record, then shut Read More…
Make change that really matters this time
Voting for a third party candidate does have a long term impact on country
If you have spent any amount of time on Facebook in the last few weeks, chances are good you’ve seen a certain video about losing your political “virginity,” i.e., voting for president for the first time. Having been “barely illegal” by a few months in 2008, Nov. 6 was my Read More…
Save the people lost in the statistics
Focus less on speeding economy up and more on serving underemployed
Mr. President, congratulations. Be you Mr. Obama, Mr. Romney or even as of this writing undetermined, you have a busy and difficult term to look forward to. This will not be an average presidency, and the choices you make over the next four years will have great influence on the Read More…
We need a change in national direction
The Nov. 6 election was a day of heightened passions and intense partisanship. Looking forward, our nation’s troubles are far from over. As Americans and as students, we must hope to see a definite change in direction from the past four years of economic hardship and failed policies. If we Read More…
Bears stunned in five-set heartbreaker at home
At 16-15 in the fifth set, the Cal volleyball team was down to its last point. Having already fought of a previous match point, the Bears had a dwindling chance of pulling off their second upset of a top-ranked opponent. Washington delivered a shot in the final rally that appeared Read More…
Crabbe, Cobbs deliver win in exhibition game
In retrospect, the best ticket on Tuesday might have been Crabbe-Cobbs. The junior guards combined for 50 points in the Cal men’s basketball team’s 89-80 exhibition win over San Francisco State at Haas Pavilion. Swingman Allen Crabbe tallied 28 points, seven rebounds and five assists. He was deadly from behind Read More…
Second chances for the second-rate
The Critic Who Counts
Here’s to second chances, I guess. Congressional approval ratings reached record lows this year, according to a September Gallup poll. Widespread ambivalence toward President Barack Obama’s first term in office dominated American political discussion from 2009 until the 2012 elections, affirmed by job approval ratings that hung around 48 to Read More…
‘Walking Tour’ teaches public about South Asian activism
The community historian, Anirvan Chatterjee, stood near Haas Pavilion on Sunday. Hands raised high, his voice boomed as he recited a poem from the early 20th century by Kartar Singh Sarabha, a UC Berkeley student and Indian freedom fighter who was hung by the British at the age of 19. Read More…
Write Some Books
November is National Novel Writing Month, so if you find yourself wishing to do something in your free time while also concentrating on growing a mustache this month, here is the right activity for you. Described as “thirty days and nights of literary abandon!” how could anyone resist? But really, Read More…