I am sick and tired of people encouraging me to vote. Yes, I’m talking to you, P. Daddy Puff Diddy Whatever-It-Is-You-Call-Yourself and your stupid “Vote or Die” slogan. And you too, MySpace, with your “Declare Yourself” campaign, encouraging your users to register online and then clutter up their already obnoxious profile pages with dinky banners […]
Author Archives: Katie Strickland
Surprise: I'm voting for a Republican
“Excuse me,” I asked Nick Pappas, Phil Angelides’ press representative, “Does Mr. Angelides have time for a few questions?” “Not right now, no,” he said. “OK.” I walked up to Angelides and shook his hand. I asked him if he could answer a few questions, and he said yes. I felt like sticking my tongue […]
Justice too burdensome, pricey for students
“Geez, what a jerky judge,” I thought as I sat next to my best friend, Brian Pace, a student at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Pace was testifying against his former landlord, describing how the businessman had cheated him out of his security deposit and tried to harass him into not telling anyone. The […]
Don’t forget true meaning, events of “˜9/11′
I’m so tired of hearing about “9/11.” The media and politicians have used that term in so many different, inappropriate ways that I just can’t bear to hear, watch or read about it anymore. So I don’t. I ignore every broadcast, article and book about the subject. I didn’t turn my television on once this […]
Religious right uses morality only when convenient
The young man at the Rite Aid counter raised an eyebrow. I had just dropped 12 bottles of diet pills and some cough syrup onto the counter. “Can I buy all of these at once?” I asked. “Sure, why not?” he said. “And I don’t need an ID?” “Nope.” “Thanks,” I said, gathering the cumbersome […]
Smart women must be stopped!
Earlier this month, The New York Times confirmed my long-held belief that women are far superior to men. In “At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust” (July 9), the Times found that whether it comes to grades or graduating, women were reported to be higher achievers in college than their male counterparts. As […]
Cable news should stop its increasing frivolity
“A sluttily dressed train wreck!” a man shouted from my TV. I thought I’d turned to the wrong station, but MSNBC’s logo flashed at me from the bottom-right corner. Confused, I put down the remote. I then watched as Joe Scarborough of “Scarborough Country” grilled a specially assembled panel on Britney Spears’ supposed breast implants, […]