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State Budget Crisis Affects University of California

Continuing my unfortunate trend of reporting on the harsh economic climate we find ourselves in today, I find myself troubled by the lack of resolve over the State of California’s 2009 Fiscal Budget. We are in a state of flux right now, with no budget set and a deficit that is estimated to be at over $40 billion. The State is facing massive cuts, ranging across all departments. Public school systems are being threatened with a dramatic decrease in funding, including higher education instituti...

Baseball – A Business Machine

Business as usual, right? Unfortunately, it is. Sports today are not the sports of yesterday. Teams are run like Fortune 500 Organizations rather than, well, sports teams. The majority of the 20th Century brought sports teams that were the face of communities. Today, our professional athletes change team colors more than some players use to in an entire career. The likes of Garrett Anderson, Tim Salmon, Sandy Koufax, among others, spent their entire careers with their respective teams. What pla...

Slumdog Millionaire

Spoiler alert, so beware. Taking a break from my usual political commentary, I felt compelled to convey the story of three musketeers from the slums of Mumbai, India. I saw Slumdog Millionaire last night at the theater and was blown away by the story Danny Boyle delivered on screen. The cinematic marvels of this film tell the story of a family torn apart by religious conflict in a region where Muslims attacked non-Muslims. Left to fend for themselves, two brothers only in their infancy travel ...