Watching and reading about last week’s protests at UCLA and Berkeley over proposed (now adopted) increases in tuition and fees, I couldn’t help thinking of the scene in Big Fish where Steve Buscemi’s character ropes Ewan McGregor’s character into helping him rob a bank, but the bank turns out not to have any money. My [...]
Entries Tagged as 'constitutional convention'
Taking Money From the Poor
November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Law School
Tags: Berkeley·Big Fish·California·constitutional convention·organized labor·Steve Buscemi·student protests·UCLA·University of California
Poll: Americans Support Banging One’s Head Against the Wall
September 27th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
As highlighted by Greg Sargent, a recent NY Times/CBS Poll finds that while 64% of Americans believe that Republicans are opposing health care reform for purely political reasons, 65% of Americans believe that the Democrats should not pass a health care reform bill, even a good bill, without Republican support. That is, at least 14% [...]
Tags: California·constitutional convention·health care·Republicans