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Political spending shouldn’t be protected as free speech

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made a few rulings in late June , from transgender athletes in sports to birthright...

Democrats need to listen to their own voters

“Vote Blue no Matter Who” has become one of the Democratic Party’s defining slogans, but recent primary elections suggest that Democratic voters want...

Redwoods are endangered — time to bring them to UCI

Coast redwoods, also known as Earth’s tallest tree, need to be planted in Aldrich Park. Yes, I am talking about the trees that...

Heidegger and the time we lose trying to save

When every hour of the day is forced to have a defined value, it can be a waste long before it ends. Martin...

The private draft of self: Derrida and the Notes app 

The Notes app has become a private room for feelings people may never say aloud. Apple even builds privacy into the app through...

The tragedy of treating your life like a draft

College has become a four-year exercise in saying later. Later, after graduation. Later, after the internship. Later, after the first stable job, the...

Political interference threatens UC research

During the week of July 13, each defendant agency that terminated over a thousand research grants at the University of California (UC) submitted...

The need for more youth-centric online spaces

Poptropica. Club Penguin. Webkinz. These were the online spaces that defined childhood in the early 21st century. These digital spaces were designed for...

Prize and prejudice: Colonialism in the World Cup

Over the past month, teams from around the globe have tested their mettle in exciting World Cup matches. Unfortunately, some fans have one...

Simone Weil and AI: The lesson before the answer 

Simone Weil, a 20th-century French philosopher, treated attention as a moral discipline that teaches people to encounter the world with humility. With the...

Why Camus lingers

Albert Camus will often enter students’ lives incidentally through a classroom text or a casual recommendation.  Camus speaks to a stage of life when...

Performed depth: The cost of trying to be interesting 

In 2026, when everyone wants to be interesting, far fewer people are actually interested in something. That difference reveals a deeper problem in contemporary...

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