Opinion

February 21, 2012

It’s All About Choices: Use Your Power Wisely

By Kevin Ferguson

Decisions. We all have to make them, and we shouldn’t be embarrassed about it. And, as time will cruelly prove, we never know if these are the right choices until after we’ve already acted. In order to make decisions...

February 21, 2012

Legalization Could Help Put End to Rampant Overdose

By David Washington

After Whitney Houston’s sudden death last Saturday, Tony Bennett didn’t hesitate to publicly make the link to drugs that many suspected. At a Grammy pre-party, the 85-year-old addict in recovery stated: “First it w...

February 21, 2012

Right Said: President’s Budget Propels U.S. Toward Fiscal Ruin

By Jeffrey Robin

Mobs in the streets, Molotov cocktails being thrown at policemen, numerous businesses being plundered by lawless hooligans, an inept government unwilling to make the choices necessary to prevent destruction; a state of a...

February 21, 2012

Left Said: Governmental Investment Paves Road to Recovery

By Geoffrey Bell

President Obama faces a strangely familiar problem in proposing a federal budget this year: fostering a sound economy while appealing to a political climate that detests many of the measures necessary to encourage econom...

February 17, 2012

The Best and Worst of 2012: The Forgotten Categories

By Matt Renner

This past Tuesday the Daily Nexus published its Best of 2012 issue. Readers voted on the best restaurants, locations and establishments of 2012. Today we have our own edition — The Best and Worst of 2012: The Forgotten...

February 16, 2012

Is a Gay-Friendly Interpretation of the Bible Possible?

By Brian Gallagher, Zoltan Mester, Connor Oakes

Of the many sins stridently denounced by the “divine” words of the New Testament — murder, theft, deceit, lust, envy — there is included among them a trait which is inborn and utterly insulated from free choice. ...

February 15, 2012

“A Contest Over Whether Your Government or the Almighty is the Judge of Your Soul”

By Jeffrey Robin

Over this past week, the United States was drawn back into the thick of the “culture wars” that deeply divide our nation. Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s decision to rescind — for legal reasons, not political — a...

February 15, 2012

If Even the Catholics Agree, Who Is Left Fighting Against Free Birth Control?

By Geoffrey Bell

Once again, rumors are streaming in that Obama has a vendetta against religion. I’ll give it to them: At least this time they have a specific policy in mind, as opposed to the lack of any serious action that prompted R...

February 15, 2012

He Said: Next Valentine’s Day, Think in Terms of What Would Whitney Do?

By Anonymous

If you, like me, spend an inordinate amount of time agonizing over the fate of divahood in American pop culture, this weekend was pretty tough on you too. Whitney, this one’s for you. In honor of the great Mrs. Bobby B...

February 15, 2012

She Said: “Looking like you don’t give a fuck that you’re not getting fucked is difficult.”

By Elizabeth Brooks

Valentine’s Day is over, and thank God for that. I’m not even talking about the relationship bullshit (well, not yet anyway). Now that the girls of I.V. are finally off the gluten/dairy/sugar-free crash diet, we can ...

February 13, 2012

Fight the Evolutionary Urge to Be Ruthlessly Selfish

By Kevin Ferguson

We live on this lovely Earth blissfully unaware, most of the time, of the unique position we find ourselves in. We live mostly unimpeded by the rules and laws that so hindered our ancestors; we live in the time of the un...

February 13, 2012

What’s on your mind? The Power of Social Media in a Dynamic Age

By Riley Schenck

Who would have thought when we all made our first MySpace pages back in high school, complete with the ridiculous personalized backgrounds and theme songs, that we were leading a worldwide revolution? Yeah, it sounds che...

February 10, 2012

FBI Agents Giddy About Gaucho Gossip

By Matt Renner

Prompted by three recent acts of terrorism in the UCSB community, the student body has fallen under scrutiny from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Reporters have learned that these agencies are tapping th...

February 10, 2012

Response to Ask an Atheist: The Truth About Christianity

By Emily Badraun

In the article “Are Eastern religions a good alternative to Western ones?,” one of the authors, Brian Gallagher, made many assertions about Christianity that were inaccurate and misconstrued the teachings of Christia...

February 8, 2012

Don’t Be Afraid to Take the Long Way Home from Knapp’s Castle

By Harrison Gibson

There is a point in some hikes when doubt creeps in and you question whether you are on the right trail or not. When you choose a path at a fork in the road, sometimes a premonition will creep in and, if it is strong eno...

February 8, 2012

How Do I Talk My Friends Out of Their Religious Beliefs?

By Connor Oakes, Brian Gallagher

In the vast majority of cases, if you talk religion with friends or family, all you will likely accomplish is hurt feelings. Most people don’t want their beliefs challenged on any topic that matters to them. However, e...