Author Archives: Mike Bitondo

The last few months have not been easy for the Bush administration. Not much seems to be going right for our president these days, and the things that have gone wrong went disastrously wrong. To put the situation in perspective, a recent History News Network informal survey of 415 professional historians found that eight out […]

Ever since the recall election, Californians have been talking a lot about all of the state’s problems. We like to complain about the quality of service offered by our public institutions ““ our public schools, health services and the Department of Motor Vehicles. Especially the DMV. We like to complain about gas prices and our […]

People love to accuse the media of having biases. Liberal bias. Conservative bias. Corporate bias. But these biases dim in comparison to the media’s biggest problem ““ the great profit motive. The profit motive, prevalent mostly in local TV news programs, has been driving down the standard of news for years. To prepare for this […]

In response to his trip to Israel over the weekend, the Arab-American community criticized Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for ignoring the Palestinian side of the conflict. In response to the criticism, the governor added an additional stop on his trip to visit with King Abdullah II in Jordan. After Jordan, the governor moved on to Germany […]

The past few weeks at UCLA have seen the annual pilgrimage of thousands of college-bound high school juniors and seniors taking tours and getting more information to help them decide on their future alma mater. Most of us probably remember doing the same thing when we were their age. While we are a few years […]

As students get back into the swing of things for their spring quarter classes, a battle over the heart and soul of the future of the University of California is taking place in Sacramento right now. On one side is Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose 2004-2005 budget proposes to eliminate funding for UC outreach programs, a […]

If you walked up Bruin Walk these past few days, there is a good chance you ran into an army of signature gatherers trying to garner support to get their measures on the November ballot. Two of the biggest measures are competing propositions that deal with American Indian gaming in California. Supporters of each of […]