With the recent midterm elections now behind us, I’ve been thinking a lot about competing concepts in the application of ideology. You know, the whole “principle versus pragmatism” debate. On...

Kevin L. McCrudden Part one In recent weeks there have been tragic stories in the media about young gay people that have committed suicide. Unfortunately, teen suicide has been on the rise in...

Arguing for the government: Armine Aleksanian If you’re thinking San Francisco’s ban on toys with unhealthy Happy Meals wasn’t making news worldwide, consider this. The Center for Science...

Dear Fellow Students, It is disheartening to learn of the most recent round of CSU tuition hikes, which are set to take effect next semester. Everyone, it seems, is up in arms about them. I graduate...

Chelsea Turner Helping: Defense Secretary Robert Gates In addition to his commitment to slash wasteful spending from the U.S. military budget, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has made clear...

Katherine Gould So the Alumni Association is raising money for a Matador statue they hope will increase school spirit. I think it’s a noble goal, but misguided. I don’t have any problem with...

The 2010 midterm elections have come and gone. We’ve had a week to mull over the results. Here are three thoughts I came away with. 1. This election was a referendum on Barack Obama. Obviously, government...

Narineh Karaian When citizens of America, hear, read or talk about human trafficking acts, we think and refer to foreign countries and hardly consider looking closer to home—America. Human...

Helping: California voters Despite Proposition 19 not being favored by the majority of voters, many choices voters made in both ballot measures and on legislative seats are sure to benefit California....

To read "Government: America’s only legal counterfeiting machine (part one)" A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the Federal Reserve and the concept of central banks printing paper money have hurt...

Arguing for the government: Whitney Villarreal The Phelps group has been picketing military funerals across the country, saying American troop deaths are God’s punishment for America’s embrace...

Chelsea Turner Helping: Rally to Restore Sanity and/or fear Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert strike the American people once again with humor and truth. That’s not to say comedians are the...