I have some real off days. Days where I just don’t want to get out of the warmth of my bed. Days where I fantasize about calling in sick while nursing a second or third cup of coffee. I’m sure you can…
Election season is upon us and the Las Positas Editorial Board has issued its recommendations for June 6 and November 8.
Presidential Endorsements
The California primary is just weeks away and our editorial board has decided to endorse Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as its…
Glenn Wohltmann
@GLENNERGY1
Every instructor on campus has likely encountered the phenomenon: that student who thinks she or he is doing great when they’re at the bottom of the class.
It’s called the Dunning–Kruger effect: the science of stupid. According to an article in the…
Anthony Parisi
(This is a guest column submitted by a former editor for the Las Positas Express
God and Chabot College have at least one common problem. There is a person – at least one – whose Twitter bio claims affiliation with both, and…
If nothing else, boycotts get people talking. This year’s boycott of the Academy Awards by Jada Pinkett-Smith and other black actors did.
While I agree with their reason, protesting the lack of black Oscar nominees, at least black actors and actresses in the…
As I’ve written previously, money is tight for the disabled. I make just under $900 a month in Supplemental Security Income (SSI). So the option to go past my Bachelor’s degree was never really there for me. I could have gone with…
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A good friend of mine is a self-confessed thug. He has multiple felony convictions for drug sales, drug possession, a couple of grand thefts and burglaries.
He’s turned his life around. Thanks to a 12-step program, he’s clean and sober for close to…
November’s coming, and it’s got me thinking. You’re lazy, America... Voter turnout in the U.S. is low. According to the Pew Research Center, only 56.3 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in 2012. That’s almost at the bottom of their list…
(This column took first place in opinion writing at the Journalism Association of California Community Colleges Convention in Burbank, Calif. Schools from all over the state competed)
By Glenn Wohltmann
@GLENNERGY1
As Benjamin Franklin said, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does…
By Nicholas Biria
@NicholasBiria
Gender roles play a big part in our lives every day. From the moment we wake up and get dressed for the day to how we live our lives. Now, in 2016, a lot of things have changed.
I was told…