It was a quiet morning in the newsroom when I jokingly inquired if my next story could be called, “College is a scam.” My page editor and my editor-in-chief were in the room, and both, after a little prompting, actually agreed to the idea. Shocked and amazed, I felt volumes of arguments and tens of [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Viewpoints: College is a Scam
Posted in Articles, Society and Culture, tagged bachelor's degree, business, college, education, RCC, Riverside Community College, scam, Viewpoints on 7 April, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Viewpoints: The flip side of libel suits: a problem of definition
Posted in Articles, Ethics, Society and Culture, tagged Christian, Gabriel Arana, homosexuality, Joseph Farah, libel, Muslim, newspaper, RCC, Riverside Community College, slander, Tom Cruise, Viewpoints, Wikipedia, World Net Daily on 7 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This was my opinions piece for the last issue of RCC’s Viewpoints. In defense of the rather awkward way the two issues involved here overlap, I find myself blaming that convoluted dance I have come to know as “editing.” The original story was longer, and then it got cut down, and then I was told [...]
