By Matthew Ormseth The longer I work in journalism, the more I respect people of action who are less inclined…

By Matthew Ormseth At the paper where I just started working, it’s something of an intern initiatory rite to cover…

By Matthew Ormseth It was graduation weekend and campus was swarming with misty-eyed alums, and in their eyes and even…

By Matthew Ormseth I was nearly bowled over with giddy relief when an alum, visiting the office of the campus…

By Matthew Ormseth I graduate in four weeks; on the far side of commencement waits adulthood, responsibilities and the very…

By Matthew Ormseth Americans have dug in along partisan lines, and the American university is no different. Higher education has…

By Matthew Ormseth President Trump’s announcement last month that he intends to slash funding to the National Endowment for the…

By Matthew Ormseth President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office have been a disaster, but he’s the disaster we deserve.…

(Originally published in the Dec. 16, 2016-Jan. 26, 2017 Holiday Issue of Pacific Citizen.) By Matthew Ormseth The incoming Trump…

By Matthew Ormseth Rap star Pusha T made headlines last week when he went on CBS’ “The Late Show With…