In an effort to combat California’s $34.6 billion deficit, the largest in the state’s history, Governor Gray Davis proposed $8.3 billion in tax increases while leaving corporations out of the mix in the budget he unveiled last week. Read more...

The Bush administration’s biggest problem in 2003 will be the economy. House Democrats, led by incoming leader Nancy Pelosi, came out swinging on Jan. 6 as they unveiled their economic stimulus package which emphasizes fiscal responsibility and having a more imminent effect on the average-income household. Read more...

Recently, Larry Elder, a libertarian right wing talk show host on KABC Radio in Los Angeles has gone on the offensive again. Elder is clearly unsympathetic to criticisms of economic globalization and the critique of the growing social, political and economic inequality. Read more...

Hello. My name is Adir, and I am a virgin. Huh? What? This isn’t the VA (Virgins-Anonymous) meeting? Well, that’s okay. Since I am proud to possess my virginity, I do not need a forum of fellow virgins to express my thoughts. Read more...

If UCLA students, faculty, staff and alumni aren’t worried about the danger of a potential war in Iraq, then they certainly should be. The official administration line on the war is that America must combat evil and the threat of terrorism. Read more...

On Dec. 5, Trent Lott, a Republican senator from Mississippi and the majority leader of the Senate, addressed a 100th birthday party for Sen. Strom Thurmond on the eve of Thurmond’s retirement from the U.S. Read more...

As a new year dawns upon this dazed and confused nation, it is only fitting that we take a broad look back at the past year that redefined the concepts of justice and liberty.  This country was founded on the ideal of freedom and the promise of individual liberty. Read more...