Opinion
Imagine Transforming Isla Vista Into a Car-Free Area
Not having to think about getting hit or killed by a car or truck allows for more free thought. Read story.
By Charles McClure
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
I’d never even heard of Thomas Pigford until two days after he’d already died. Read story.
This week, the Angry Poodle takes on the weekly S.B. City Council meetings. Read story.
If you’re thinking of becoming a Boy Scout, as the movement celebrates its 100th anniversary, be sure that you ... Read story.
Mega liquor chain’s plans to open in San Roque hit city board Monday. Read story.
Imagine Transforming Isla Vista Into a Car-Free Area
Not having to think about getting hit or killed by a car or truck allows for more free thought. Read story.
By Charles McClure
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Students and Faculty Pump Fists Against Budget Cuts
The rally was the first event in which students and others gathered in large groups to make their agitation clear. Read story.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Environmental leaders explain how they came to agreement with Plains Exploration and Production.
This agreement and the new measures added to it by State Lands will lead to the end of oil development off the Santa Barbara County coast. Read story.
By Abe Powell and Steve Dunn
Monday, March 1, 2010
Prominent Materialist Daniel Dennett Revealed to Be Panpsychist
All matter is conscious to some degree. Read story.
By Tam Hunt
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010
Privatizing Public Fish Stocks Not the Answer
Current plan gives incentives for industrialized seafood production and control to massive multinationals. Read story.
By Holly Pearson
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
Is the newly discovered off-shore fault near Diablo Canyoln Nuclear Power Plant all that new? Perhaps not—just a well kept secret. I worked with [geologists] ... Read Letter
I found Starshine Roshell’s column “Panhandlers Beg the Question” [2/11/10] a refreshing perspective on panhandlers, the homeless, and poor people in general. Having gone homeless ... Read Letter
“The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.”—Franklin D. Roosevelt. In an economy that is facing serious downsizing, now ... Read Letter
Although I sympathize mightily with the Poodle's frustration at last week's City Council meeting ["Intact, Unaltered, and Out of My Mind," 2/4/10], there's actually some ... Read Letter
Several writers have voiced complaints regarding Democrats' backroom deals and secret meetings in this Congress. Where were these champions of transparency during the Bush/Cheney regime? ... Read Letter
As a teenager, I know that suicide is a scary possibility for my generation. After reading Tyler Hayden’s interview, “Expert Advises Santa Barbara on ‘Suicide ... Read Letter
As I sat in the overflow room of the district office for the meeting of the Santa Barbara school board on Tuesday night, March 2, ... Read Letter
How can we believe the news about global warming when the eastern half of our country is blanketed in snow with the coldest temperatures in ... Read Letter
There are only a few politicians who appear even willing to rise above partisanship and look to compromise so that governance is done for the ... Read Letter
Santa Barbara County, in its present boundary, is actually a parcel within a rich territory of history that has as a foundation the lifestyle of ... Read Letter
This letter is regarding all the UCSB individuals who park at Goleta Beach. Unauthorized parking, despite signs at this location, has continued unabated for many ... Read Letter
When are the Environmental Defense Center et al. going to admit their well-intentioned gambit to end offshore drilling has created a politico-business model of paying ... Read Letter
I was drawn to your cover of the young Haitian boy with the dazed, wondering look clutching the white baby doll [2/18/2010, "BringingHope to Haiti"]. ... Read Letter
As I used the restroom at the Cabrillo Bath House, I noticed there is no wheelchair access. There is a plug-in there that they can ... Read Letter
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