Have We Got Issues

Features

Propping Up California’s Budget

The hugely popular Proposition 13 has had a cascade of unintended consequences. By John Wildermuth
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Leary’s Legacy

People still have issues with the Sixties. It was a decade of idealism and divisiveness. Three years into the decade, Bob Dylan railed against mothers and fathers throughout the land. Don’t criticize what you can’t understand. Jim Morrison proclaimed we want the world, and we want it … now. Much of this can be explained by demographics and the arrogance of youth. Then there were the drugs, especially the psychedelic drugs. By Don Lattin
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Making the Cut

A fourth-generation Cal grad wonders if there will be a fifth. By Tara Duggan
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Wanna Make an Issue of It?

In the Bay Area, the author finds self-righteousness by the cup. By Brendan Buhler
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Lab + Field

Science You Can Drink To

A Berkeley Staffer’s nontraditional use for lab equipment. By Anne Pinckard
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Blown Proportions?

Why the BP oil spill may not be as bad as we thought. By Anne Pinckard
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Arts + Letters

Holding up an Ancient Mirror

From jewelry to disasters, antiquities have much to tell us about ourselves. By Cathleen McCarthy
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Free Speech

Generation Politics

The Tea Party gets all the press, but the Millennials are the future. By Chris Smith
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Far Flung

Return Ticket

The author explores his own past on a second trip to Taiwan. By Max Jacobson
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The Play

Swan Song

Pappy Waldorf’s final seasons By Ron Fimrite
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Sather Gate

A Taste for Education

How Barbara Goodell ’68 used salsa to help women learn English. By Stephanie Gold
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