Author Archive for Bill Petersen
MEChA Plays Victim to Issues on Campus
In the past few weeks UC Irvine’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlan has been in the UC Irvine spotlight quite often. Prior to Cinco de Mayo,
Unions Create an Entitlement Mentality
There is no doubt that at one point in time unions served an important purpose in the lives of their members.
Government Should Stay Out of Moral Issues
Are we still at war? Is the budget balanced? Is Social Security fully funded (or Medicare, for that matter)?
The World is Still Better Off Without Saddam
When the Civil War began, President Lincoln made it very clear that his goal was to preserve the Union. This proviso was best articulated in his accep
Random Thoughts
At the risk of stealing the title from the great economics writer and professor Thomas Sowell (whose columns are available on townhall.com), I submit
Equal Results Not Guaranteed
When an article in the New York Times titled ‘Study Says White Families’ Wealth Advantage Has Grown’ was brought to my attention, I thought, ‘Here we
Gay Marriage is Constitutional
I had never really given much thought to the idea of gay marriage until an ‘enlightenment’ at a lecture given on campus last year.
Thanks to the ar
Firearms Are Not to Blame
My dad is fond of saying one of the most important reasons we have guns is so that we don’t have to use them.
