Opinion

Written by: ROSEY MOREARTY — rosey@morearty.org

What “deaths of despair” can teach — and warn us — about America’s future When Kate O’Neill wrote her sister’s obituary in October 2018, she never imagined that it would generate nationwide attention. In fact, she never thought she would ever be writing one to begin with. Like so many other Americans, O’Neill’s sister, Madelyn […]

Students provided rides, shelter, communication on social media After a shooter killed 22-year-old police officer Natalie Corona in downtown Davis last Thursday, our tight-knit community was faced head-on with the realities and dangers of gun violence. Each time news breaks about another shooting, the same thoughts come to mind: why so often, how can this […]

Texas’ Israel loyalty oath is a form of political coercion and a blatant attack on Americans’ right to freedom of speech In Texas, a state long heralded as a center of libertarian conservatism, free speech matters –– until you criticize the wrong country. Speech pathologist Bahia Amawi, an American citizen, has been employed by the Pflugerville […]

By: ROSEY MOREARTY — rosey@morearty.org

A former Aggie opinion editor mourns his college newsroom The California Aggie newsroom is a nostalgia machine. Anybody who’s spent any real time in 25 Lower Freeborn knows it, but to an outside observer, the place might feel like the headquarters of an unusually bookish cult. Then again, maybe that’s not so far off. Get […]

Government shutdown to affect students, faculty As the government shutdown nears the end of its third week, 800,000 federal workers have found themselves either furloughed or forced to work without pay for an indefinite period of time. The shutdown was initiated after Congress failed to pass a budget due to disagreement over funding for a […]

To the Editor: Re: “The elephant in the room” (features article, Dec. 11): While I agree that there should always be healthy debates between different ideologies, if the ideology of one side includes repression and hatred for others, then no, it does not belong in any way as part of a dialogue on campus at […]

Public comment period open until Jan. 28 One of the jobs of the U.S. Department of Education, led by Betsy DeVos, is to enforce a pivotal statute in the Education Amendments of 1972 called Title IX. This statute was established to protect people from sex-based discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding. Title IX […]

Volunteer inmate firefighters are at the frontlines of California’s wildfires but are often left jobless upon release Across the nation, Americans have been bombarded with harrowing images of the destructive wildfires that have devastated California this fall. For those of us in Northern California, the effects of the so-called Camp Fire have been particularly […]

America must decide if it wants to rehabilitate prisoners or continue punishing them America prides itself on being number one in many categories, but there’s one “first place” title we hold that shouldn’t be a point of pride — leading the world in most incarcerated citizens. The United States makes up only 5 percent of […]

Being “pro-life” often stops at policies concerning abortion The majority of people are indeed “pro-life” — it’s just that liberals are generally not willing to trade the life and free will of women for the life of an unborn child. The real question is the degree and duration of one’s “pro-life” position. It’s understandable if […]