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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Column

Alaska is the last frontier, therefore we must destroy it!

Wait, what? Slow down, Mr. Trump Like many Breaking Bad fans, I found the new film sequel, “El Camino,” to be unnecessary but satisfying. It...

Even with the best intentions, censoring books is dangerous

Censorship of ideas will always have unintended consequences Banned Books Week is an annual campaign in which libraries, schools, bookstores and other institutions rally...

Weed is the answer to the NFL’s most glaring problem

The league owes it to its players to pursue any possibility of reducing impacts of a game this violent   Player health and concussions are the...

Trump’s perverse reverse of chlorpyrifos ban proves his corruption (again)

Why “drain the swamp” when profits from toxic pesticides are on the line? In the fifth season of Mad Men, Don Draper zealously pitches to...

Automated storytelling will never match the human authenticity of our favorite novels

A robot probably won’t create the next Great American Novel, but attempts to move AI in that direction are nevertheless alarming   I came across a...

Winning by losing: tanking has entered the NFL

In order to win in today’s NFL you must lose first. The Miami Dolphins have not won a playoff game in almost 19 years. They’ve...

How green are California and Canada, really?

Self-proclaimed environmental champions have a ways to go Within the span of a few days last summer, I made the trip from Davis to the...

We should be fine with eliminating library fines

 Library fines are every avid library patron’s nightmare, but they don’t have to be This summer I went back to my library to work as...

In sports, performance doesn’t always have to trump character

Mike Vick: dog owner Michael Vick is the most divisive NFL player of all time. Before going to prison, Vick ran a dog fighting ring...

The best environmentalist movie you’ve never heard of

“Koyaanisqatsi” (1982) stands the test of time The release of “An Inconvenient Truth” in 2006 helped initiate a string of powerful new documentaries about the...

Letter to the Editor

Chancellor May responds to The California Aggie’s editorial voicing concerns about the 2020 commencement To the Editor:  Re: “Students deserve a commencement that celebrates them,...

Let kids read what they want to read

Judging kids for what they read discourages them from exploring their interests I’ve talked a bit about how I’ve personally felt disgruntled with the...

Was Jay Inslee’s presidential campaign a failure?

Should environmentalists be encouraged or discouraged by his brief tenure on the national stage? Even though I’ve now been in California for three years, I’m...

NFL and domestic abuse: the league can and won’t do more

The NFL is doing next to nothing to limit or punish domestic abusers October is National Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, and there’s good reason for...

Public libraries support and empower local communities

We should recognize the importance of public libraries in the face of nation-wide budget cuts When it comes to libraries, I like to consider...