Michael Reynoso

March 2, 2010

Health Summit Highlights Republican Obstructionism

By Michael Reynoso

One year and one month into his presidency, and after an ugly and drawn-out birth and passage of two different bills in the House and the Senate, Barack Obama finally released a detailed plan for healthcare reform.

February 23, 2010

Merchants of Corruption Do Not Deserve to Speak

By Michael Reynoso

This Thursday our campus will again play host to a vile icon of the right, someone perhaps not as unhinged as Horowitz but no less of a monster: Karl Rove.

February 16, 2010

Extreme Views Ignore Reality and Offer No Viable Solutions

By Michael Reynoso

"Our rich are too poor and our poor are too rich!" It's a pithy expression that captures the outlandishness of the Republicans' core ideology. But for those unsatisfied with a party that espouses only mildly insane polit...

February 9, 2010

Incorporating Republican Ideas Spoils Good Progress

By Michael Reynoso

Health care reform has dominated politics for the past few months, but that doesn't mean there aren't other serious issues that Washington must address. President Obama has spent his entire time in office so far leading ...

February 2, 2010

Obama Gets Fiesty in Agenda-Affirming Speech

By Michael Reynoso

President Obama has had, at best, mixed success in his first year in office. There were several accomplishments of note in his freshman year, including the passage of legislation expanding health care for uninsured child...

January 26, 2010

Democrats Must Act In Spite of Filibuster Threat

By Michael Reynoso

After looking at the media's reaction to last week's special election in Massachusetts that sent Republican Scott Brown to replace Ted Kennedy in the Senate, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Democrats' health ...

January 19, 2010

World Leaders Must Act to Prevent Climate Disaster

By Michael Reynoso

There is no question that failing to control the rising temperatures due to carbon dioxide output will have disastrous consequences on a global scale. The dangers are well known. Rising sea levels, famine, drought and ot...

January 5, 2010

Bush’s Bad Reaction to 9/11 Puts U.S. at Risk

By Michael Reynoso

Unlike the show of unity in the political environment following September 11, conservatives, out of power and desperate for a line of attack that will actually stick against President Obama, have unleashed a barrage of c...

October 21, 2008

College Republicans Miss the Mark on MSA Claims

By Michael Reynoso

Editor, Daily Nexus, I am dismayed that the College Republicans, as exemplified by Mr. Ross Nolan, have chosen to cultivate a culture of fear, uncertainty and doubt at UCSB ("College Repubs. Question MSA's Legitimacy," ...