The hardest part of writing is deciding when to stop. It doesn’t matter where you start, as you can later retain or discard any of your first words, phrases or even numerous pages. Read more...

Everybody at the Daily Bruin talks about quitting. One more 16-hour day, and I’m outta here. If I get another C, the newspaper has to go. Read more...

I’ve written over 200 articles and editorials for the Daily Bruin, but when I sat down to write this column, I was stumped. How could I possibly sum up four years of working for The Bruin in less than 800 words? Read more...

It has been said that if railroad companies had realized they weren’t in the business of building trains, but rather in the business of transporting people, they would have owned airlines. Read more...

Columnist Matthew Kennard has discovered the root of discrimination, prejudice and stigmatization of gays and lesbians across the world ““ or so he claims. Kennard’s theory that the homophobia in our country emanates from people of faith (“Celebrate same-sex marriages,” June 2) is simply immature and reckless. Read more...

California’s coastline is under attack. Certain members of the U.S. Congress are attempting to remove key offshore drilling prohibitions and open our coast to oil exploration. Read more...

It’s often said that the best anthropological study of the United States by a European is Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1835 classic “Democracy in America.” Granted, the eminent French political thinker and historian probably didn’t spend an inordinate amount of time downing cheap vodka from Rite Aid, bumming around on the beach, blowing stupid amounts of cash in Las Vegas, and getting arrested in Tijuana, but I’ll try my best to follow his noble example and offer some insightful final thoughts on this great country that I have in many ways fallen in love with. Read more...