Author: Andy Caldwell

Ring true or be silent

For whom the bells toll? Nobody. That is because UCSB, which has an annual budget of $760 million, can’t find $5,000 to maintain its Carillon

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Brown’s blunder down under

The biggest news story last week appeared in the classifieds. The legal notice declared a summons for all interested persons to appear in court in

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Students Fail To Discern The Bern

A college professor of mine repeatedly astounded our class by presenting equally compelling but contradictory interpretations of historical events we had never before considered. The

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No More Melting Pot

One of the problems in America has to do with the fact that Democrats play chess while Republicans play checkers. What I mean by that

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The Err Apparent Critics

The reason you should have so little patience and tolerance for the many zealots in our community, namely politicians and activists, has to do with

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Disarming the Wrong People

‘Poor choices should have consequences,” state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson said about her support of SB 755, a bill that inextricably ties DUI convictions and gun

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