Should textbooks be taxed?

Note: This is the draft of an Op-Ed submission for the Daily Sundial. Should textbooks be taxed? Earlier this month something horrible happened: Amazon started to collect sales tax from Californians. The immediate effect of this was that my facebook news feed was filled with people complaining about the new tax, and obscenities about Jerry … Continue reading →

Do we need free speech zones?

A little over a week ago the state assembly passed resolution 35 that urges Californian universities to work against allowing speech critical of the State of Israel. Regardless of one’s views on the Israel-Palestine debacle, this is a horrendous action on part of the state assembly. Even more horrifying is that the resolution does not distinguish … Continue reading →

A Moderate Proposal to the State Education Problem

What is to be done about higher education? Continue reading →