Right-Side Columnist Bids UCSB Farewell

May 28, 2013 by

I’ll be perfectly honest — UCSB wasn’t my first choice, by far. I came out of high school the preppy, sarcastic valedictorian of a sleepy suburb no one’s heard of. Despite receiving the Regent...
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[Right Said] Reaching Across the Aisle: Bipartisanship in Today’s Politics

April 16, 2013 by

Bipartisanship is a word that is bandied around by our politicians often but rarely practiced. In some ways, to even talk about bipartisanship in American politics is a foolhardy exercise. Vitriolic e...
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Right Said: Gay or Not, Marriage Is Already in the Dog House

April 2, 2013 by

When I arrived in our nation’s capital for my time at UCDC this week, I had the opportunity to witness and photograph protesters outside the Supreme Court rallying in support of overturning the Defe...
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When “Chikin” Gets Political; Eat Mor Chikin

February 26, 2013 by

With delicious chicken bites, pickles on buns, friendly customer service and entirely reasonable prices for it all, Chick-fil-A has long been, at least in my experience, one of the most ideally run fa...
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Right Said: Sometimes Hypocrites Do Things Right

February 19, 2013 by

Imagine, if you would, a dystopian world where your government thought it could assassinate you or your fellow citizens at will according to some unknown set of circumstances that it refused to (or co...
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Breaking News: The French Win a War

February 5, 2013 by

Since I don’t expect that many of you would have noticed (and for good reason), I have a news flash for you: The French have actually won a war. Okay, maybe it wasn’t really an actual war, and the...
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[Right Said] US Immigration Policy: Drawing the Line Between Who Gets In and Who Doesn’t

January 22, 2013 by

  Though I haven’t held such a position, I imagine that being a professional advocate for immigration reform must be one of the most frustrating jobs in the world. When he was first elected in ...
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(Right Said) Abortion: When Does Life Begin And Who Decides That? Why This Debate Matters

January 15, 2013 by

Year after year, heart disease and cancer consistently rank as the top two causes of death in our country, accounting for around 1.2 million deaths or around 50 percent of all deaths per year alone. O...
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Right Said: The Right To Bear Arms: Are America’s Gun Laws To Blame for Recent Gun Violence?

January 8, 2013 by

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” —Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution  ...
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Right Said: New Wave of Violence Deepens Old Wounds (Thoughts on the Latest Attacks in the Israel-Palestine Conflict)

November 20, 2012 by

Imagine for me, if you would, the following hypothetical scenario. You are lounging around in your apartment or house on a relaxing Saturday afternoon watching television, enjoying time with friends a...
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Right Said: The ‘B’ Word: Balancing America’s Budget

November 13, 2012 by

For almost the entire general election season, it has gone unnoticed. Neither presidential candidate talked about it in any great detail. The circumstances that led to its inception were set in motion...
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Right Said: The 2012 Presidential Election: Endorsements, Predictions, and of Course, Why You Should Get to the Polls

November 6, 2012 by

  23 million people are out of work or underemployed. Anemic job growth is completely insufficient to even provide jobs for new entrants to the labor market, much less those already out of work. ...
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The Affirmative Action Debate: Moving Us Away From A Colorblind Meritocracy?

October 30, 2012 by

Right Said: Imagine for me, if you would, the following scenario: you go to an average public high school, take an absurd amount of Advanced Placement classes, attend night classes at a community coll...
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Right Said: The President’s Foreign Policy: Why Hope Is Not a Real Strategy

October 16, 2012 by

When he made his speech before the British Parliament in 1982, President Reagan commented: “I’ve always wondered about the shyness of some of us in the West about standing for these ideals (indivi...
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Right Said: Mitt Romney: Debate Victor and the Nation’s Logical Next President

October 8, 2012 by

As I watched the first Presidential Debate last Wednesday, I almost couldn’t help but pity the president. By any — and effectively all — metrics, Gov. Romney wiped the floor with him. The contra...
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