Opinion
COMMENTARY Calif. budget crisis who should pay the bill?
July 19, 2009WHITTIER, Calif. — California’s state budget is still being debated with continued threats of cuts and services to the most needed in our state. Here in California we all continue to be on pins and needles...
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LETTERS Importance of standing up, coverage of N. Korea, Iran, Honduras, Health care for all
July 17, 2009Importance of standing up While I was sitting in the VA hospital waiting room, I struck up a conversation with an elderly lady. She explained to me that her husband was undergoing an extensive surgery and...
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Will the Communists nationalize Juniors junkyard?
July 15, 2009Today is Saturday, so I crank up my old pickup truck and head down the old dirt road to see my good friend Junior. I love this old truck and every rattle that goes with it....
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LONESOME HOBO ECONOMICS Mountaintop removal on recovery road
July 14, 2009In the Coal Creek river valley in Southern West Virginia actress Daryl Hannah and NASA climatologist James Hansen were arrested protesting continuation of mountaintop — “surface” — mining, warning of dire environmental consequences and unfunded costs...
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What will Sarah do?
July 11, 2009I know predictions are risky in politics — but who wants to “play it safe?” Not me. So here it goes.
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