For everyone who ever thought that the FOX News slogan “fair and balanced” is a cruel joke, hope is at hand with the signing of comedian and best-selling author Al Franken as the lead man of a new liberal radio network ““ Progress Media. The establishment of a forum for liberal issues will be positive […]
Author Archives: Mike Bitondo
Bush’s attractive policy titles hide truth
As Democratic primary election action heats up in Iowa and New Hampshire, the candidates’ criticisms of the Bush administration have been heating up as well. One criticism I find particularly revealing is in regard to the deception and double-speak the Bush administration utilizes in presenting its policies to the people ““ or, should I say, […]
Shuttles not as super as the Culver CityBus
A really cool thing happened to me over Thanksgiving break. What happened, you ask? Did I get an A on a paper? No. Did I win the lottery? I wish. Did President Bush resign? Seriously folks! OK, since we’re having trouble guessing, I’ll tell you what happened. Like many UCLA students, I had a plane […]
State, regents must fight potential fee hikes
As the UC Board of Regents comes out of its secret hideaway in San Francisco to visit the UCLA campus this week for its bi-monthly meeting, a controversial new round of potential UC fee hikes are being brought out into the open. With the specter of the ruinous California state budget crisis still looming over […]
Geneva compromise crucial to peace
Just as the senseless slaughter of World War I showed the old European regimes were inept, the slaughter taking place in the Middle East today is showing the current political leaders of Israel and Palestine are also deficient. The most recent evidence of this is Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s denouncement of the best hope […]
U.S. needs to alter its course in Iraq
It has now been a little over six months since President Bush declared an end to major fighting in Iraq. Landing Top Gun-style on an aircraft carrier and making his speech in front of a banner proclaiming “mission accomplished,” the event was dramatic, to say the least. Surely, some things have changed since that day. […]
Corporation tax break bill flawed
If American corporations get their way, they will receive a six-month tax reprieve allowing them to bring hundreds of billions of dollars of overseas profits into the United States without paying the normal tax rate. The Senate Finance Committee just passed a bill, the Homeland Reinvestment Act, which will slash the normal tax rate on […]