Opinion

May 19, 2009

New Czar Will Change Policy

By Jonathan Nightingale

A week or two ago, the United States' legislature overwhelmingly voted to confirm the Obama Administration's nomination of former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske to be our new Drug Czar. As the head of the White Hou...

May 19, 2009

Trying to Out-Fetish a Partner Can Be Dangerous

By Dean Libet

Reading Igor's response on how to deal with a "kinkmuffin" ("On S&M and His Boxers," Daily Nexus, May 11) left me both sorry and slightly scared for the reader. While being experimental can spice up the bedroom and broad...

May 19, 2009

Health Care Column Shows Flaws, Ignorance

By Ross Miletich

I'm not sure whether I should characterize Mr. Begakis' column ("Obama's Health Plan Ignores Human Nature," Daily Nexus, May 13) as flawed, offensive, willfully stupid or some Frankenstein-like combination of all three.

May 18, 2009

Nihilism and Nursery Rhymes

By The Weatherhuman

Today: Literary analysis Row, row, row your boat -- an obvious reference to the plight of the workingman.

May 18, 2009

Hey! There’s a Special Election Tomorrow!

By Staff

The Daily Nexus endorsements stand as a guide for student voters and nothing more. Regardless of whether or not you agree with the opinions stated within, just get off your ass and vote. On the date of the election, Ma...

May 15, 2009

Begakis Puts Undue Faith in Market-Based System

By Dmitriy Gekker

Steven Begakis' article (Obama's Health Plan Ignores Human Nature, May 13, 2009) was an interesting read but is flawed in one very crucial way: Mr. Begakis's argument revolved around the notion that America holds "superi...

May 15, 2009

Begakis Ignores Reality of U.S. Health Care System

By Carlos Baez

After reading Mr. Begakis' article (Obama's Health Plan Ignores Human Nature, May 13, 2009), I must say that it is a disappointment to see such a level of both misinformation and ignorance.

May 15, 2009

Begakis Misses the Mark in Health Care Rant

By Jason Crawford

The remedial dribble of Mr. Begakis' article (Obama's Health Plan Ignores Human Nature, May 13, 2009) only goes to show how supposed "free-market" apologists have little understanding of the political economy they espous...

May 15, 2009

“Pro-Palestinian” Anger Proves Counter-Productive

By Alan Levine

I consider myself pro-Palestinian and pro-peace in Middle East. I am a supporter of Israel who has always advocated Israel's efforts to make peace, because I know that a successful, autonomous Palestinian state would be ...

May 14, 2009

Break the Cycle, Not the Seal

By Derek Mead

It's a cycle as ingrained into us as peeing when we wake up. On a typical weekend afternoon, say Friday or Tuesday, you start to wonder what you're drinking that night. If you're underage, you start calling older friends...

May 14, 2009

Caution: Wet Cement

By The Weatherhuman

Today I'm going to get on my soap box real quick, because something's bugging me.

May 14, 2009

Hit the Sand for a Pipin’ Good Time

By Jimmy Fremgen

Last Thursday, I ventured out to play golf. As time has passed while I have been here at UCSB, I have come across several people that once played golf in high school and don't anymore, primarily because it is prohibitive...

May 13, 2009

The Honeymoon Is Over

By The Weatherhuman

So, Mackenzie Weinger is our new editor in chief. I've accepted that. But I'm so sick and tired of this damn honeymoon.

May 13, 2009

The Undercover Lover

By Jenni Perez

Sometimes sex is great, but conditions are not. Must star-crossed fuckers fornicators bid a tearful goodbye, promising that someday, perhaps in another lifetime, their sweating bodies will once again join in screaming d...

May 13, 2009

In Africa, Hope Triumphs

By Chris Stein

The bearded man pulled down his shirt to show me the bullet's entry wound. "See, right there, that's where they shot me," he said as he pointed to a lump below his left collarbone. "But they didn't shoot me again becaus...

May 13, 2009

Final Thoughts on Floatopia 2

By Tommy Curran

Before Michael Young, Ron Cortez, J.P. Primeau, Lt. Brian Olmstead and the entire Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors start slapping each other on the backs for their collective efforts to derail Floatopia 2, let's go ove...