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Can't Keep Quiet: 100 Columns and Counting Apr. 16, 2025
This is the 100th Raffel Ticket weekly column I've written. How the heck did that happen? The underl... Read More
Former Columbia Student Facing Deportation Earned His Legal Troubles Mar. 13, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Our opinions are often the sum of our experiences. What human beings believe can f... Read More
Yes, You Can Fight the Bastards ... and Win! Jan. 22, 2025
It's been my honor to know a few real heroes — people who've selflessly dared to fight greed... Read More
When Canvassers Come Knocking Dec. 08, 2024
Dear Annie: I've been a big fan of your column for years, but I felt that some useful context was mi... Read More
Promoting Panic for Cash Oct. 30, 2024
The world must be getting so much worse! Activists protest everywhere. Listening to them, I'd think... Read More
Why Kamala Harris Must Break the Cycle of Unlawful and Abusive Government Surveillance Sep. 17, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Since this nation's founding, the executive branch has been granted — or has claimed — i... Read More
Reproductive Health Care Is a Human Right Sep. 08, 2024
In 2024, reproductive health care is at a critical juncture for women, and as a millennial, I've wit... Read More
San Diego Jewelry Exhibit Reflects Border Life Reality May. 26, 2024
By Nicola Bridges The La Frontera exhibit at San Diego's Mingei International Museum is a thoughtful... Read More
Journalism, a Reckoning Dec. 20, 2023
You know journalism is flailing when Economist columnist James Bennet writes a piece that pretty muc... Read More
Texas, It Almost Had to Be You Nov. 08, 2023
The most tragic rhyme in American history falls in November's time, one century apart. President Abr... Read More
Replacing McCarthy? Keep Expectations Low Oct. 06, 2023
Having bounced poor Kevin McCarthy out of office — a moment that might have been painful if th... Read More
Church Rising, State Falling in Washington Sep. 27, 2023
An autumnal sky hung over the Capitol Monday afternoon. It was Yom Kippur, the day to atone, which s... Read More
Library's Offering of a Porn How-To Book Is Self-Sabotage at a Dangerous Time Sep. 25, 2023
American libraries are in a dangerous moment. Elected demagogues and right-wing mobs are attacking t... Read More
'Ain't Rabbit No More': New Biography Highlights Dr. King's Enduring Legacy Sep. 05, 2023
On Aug. 26, a 21-year-old White racist left his Florida home, bringing with him his swastika-festoon... Read More
The March One August Day Still Goes On Aug. 23, 2023
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a new day — on Aug. 28, 1963. That day brough... Read More
Truth Is the Foundation of Our Nation Jun. 08, 2023
Last week, I wrote about the collapse of the public's trust in our professional class. Much of this ... Read More
The Culture War Has Moved to a New Phase Jun. 02, 2023
Left-wing nutballs have had the upper hand in America's culture wars for a long time. They are hyper... Read More
Unhidden Gem: Mouna Maroun Leads Israeli Arabs Down the Path She's Blazing Apr. 25, 2023
What separates humans from other species, the late William F. Buckley Jr. once told an interviewer, ... Read More
Texas Ruling Shows How Far Activists Will Go To Deny Abortion Rights Everywhere Apr. 11, 2023
In overturning Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court declared, with what now looks like deliberate nai... Read More
'Women' Shall Not Be Erased Jul. 12, 2022
Last time most of us looked, "bodies with vaginas" could be more simply described as women. Same wen... Read More
