Opinion

Immigrant Housing Plan for Citizenship is Elitist

As students, we've all had to write essays for classes that don't particularly interest us, seem irrelevant or simply don't fit into our busy schedules. But that's the life of a student; writing essays is just part of the routine. Or is it?

Whenever it seems like Orange County can't get any more conservative than it already is, it goes ahead and surprises me. The Orange County Board of Supervisors recently voted to suspend the county's education contract with Planned Parenthood because the organization performs abortions, despite the fact that county money is not used to perform them.

When the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) posted its annual report for 2008, the figures seemed promising for the county's central transportation agency. Despite sharp increases in the price of gasoline – or, perhaps, because of it – bus rider-ship reached an all-time high of nearly 69 million, a very decent figure for a county as car-obsessed as ours.

As of late, naval ships armed with the advanced Aegis Combat System from the United States, Japan and South Korea are on high alert along the shores of the Korean peninsula as a result of the looming threat of a North Korean "satellite" launch, which violates United Nations Resolution 1718, and is expected to take place between April 4 and 8.

Defending Rush Limbaugh, who publicly said, "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People should have riot rehearsal," bothers many conservatives, including myself. However, disagreeing with a statement (hopefully) made for shock value is not a valid enough reason to stop listening altogether. On the contrary, when I hear, see or read something that stuns or appalls me, I usually react by attempting to learn more.

It would not be unwarranted for Californians to conclude that their state is currently like a sinking ship that is mired by a dysfunctional budget process that is likely to sink California deeper

On a recent episode of his popular comedy news show, host Jon Stewart quipped, "I find cheap populism oddly arousing." If Mr. Stewart is correct, sales of Viagra went down drastically during the AIG (American International Group) bonus debacle.

Two television titans, Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, collided in an interview that is destined to become one of the defining events of our generation.

Housing. In recent times, have there ever been more problems associated with this word? In fact, there are so many problems that the government is passing a $275 billion bailout plan as a solution. However, there is an easier and cheaper way to fix these problems: open up the borders.

The eve of St. Patrick's Day usually prompts questions like, "Do you want to spend the night at Casey's Irish Bar & Grille or Molly Malone's?" However, during the course of the 2009 recession, 20-something's like Jennifer Stiegert asked, "Why is it that I have $150,000 in law school loans and all I have is a J.D and no job?"

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