World
The Context of Radical Islam
May 13, 2013 | Rohit Islamic radicalism is one of those issues that the American media always completely fails to properly analyze. Recall back to the aftermath of 9/11 - the airwaves were cluttered with talk about "why do they hate us?" and the "clash of civilizations" and other polarizing, binary rhetoric. I actually Read More
6 Million Ways to Strengthen America
May 12, 2013 | Jason Chen What I've come to love most about my time in Berkeley is the vibrancy of the local business community. Out with your Olive Gardens, your Cheesecake Factories, and your Coldstones; give me Gypsy's, Jupiter, and Ici. Beyond the occasional Subway or American Apparel (does anyone actually buy things from Read More
Rage Against the Japanese
April 7, 2013 | Sarah Tang If you keep up with foreign politics like a good Berkeley student does, you may have heard about the China's renewed animosity towards Japan sparked by a territorial dispute over a group of small rocky islands near Taiwan that the Chinese call Diaoyu and the Japanese call Senkaku. The contention Read More
The Pope Resigned: Long Live the Pope
March 29, 2013 | Anne Ferguson Easter is hop hop hopping up on the world in just a couple more days. For many, it means a celebration surrounding brightly painted eggs and bunny rabbits in bow ties. But for the newly elected Pope Francis, this most important of Catholic holidays will be akin to a worldwide cotillion where Francis Read More
The High Price of Free Speech
March 24, 2013 | Grant Suk If there were a vote to eliminate the world’s greatest achievements, in first place would be secularism, followed closely by free speech. The latter is commonly used as a staircase to reach and chip away at the former, though attacks on free speech – previously utilized primarily by religious fundamentalists Read More
Seeing Red, Red, Red
February 14, 2013 | Sarah Tang | One Comment Luck on Chinese New Years, love on Valentine's Day, left-wing ideologies in Communism...the color red is strongly symbolic. You've probably been seeing a lot of red this week, so here's a little background to the color. Chinese love the color red - they practically paint their walls with Read More
The Revolution is Already Live
January 28, 2013 | Meg Elison Once upon a time in a place called Berkeley, there was an idea that the people united could take on the government and make a change. It’s hard to pin it on a single moment, because it was a movement of years and years that seemed to happen for a long time and all at once. It happened all over, Read More
