Swamplandia
Will Trump really drain the swamp?
Opinion
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Celebrate Holidays Soberly
Festive events and alcohol seem to go together like Santa and his sleigh.
Recount
I don’t understand why we’re not fighting harder about this election
Baroque Boutique
The other day I heard a radio pundit montage that could be only be described as Sean Hannity’s station break victory dance.
Wrench Throwing
I am writing because I voted for Trump. I am an educated, middle-class Spanish woman. I am not racist.
Ortega Park Update
Craig Gilbert, a regular at Ortega Park, went door-to-door to let neighbors know that he was going to do his best to help “bring back a place where the kids could be welcomed back to use their park.”
No ‘Indy’ Gender Parity
Despite the fact that there is gender parity on the staff of The Santa Barbara Independent, roughly 25 percent of the paper’s bylines are women’s names, and about 75 percent are men’s.
No Smoking Shenanigans
It is onerous, misguided legislation like the city’s proposed smoking ban that got Donald Trump elected president.
A Hard Rain
After the overwhelming upset of the election, conservative would-be appointments are being bandied by Trump.
‘Powder Puff’
The displeasure of the faculty and students at UCSB at the election of Donald Trump as our new U.S. president is well deserved by all of them.